The Little Women

So many of us young people feel insecure because we do not find our "one true love". But that is not true, it's not like we can't find them, we just haven't met them yet. And besides. we do not find love, love finds us. We, being human, missed them, longed for them even if we haven't met them. We should be well-prepare to be the best version of ourselves and greet them with our big, confident self which is more than ready to welcome them into our lives and be our life-long partner. A Letter to The One Hello, love. How are you? I hope this letter finds you, and it finds you well. You know, recently I remembered this lyric from 'IDK you yet, by Alexander 23'. "How can you miss someone you've never met? Cause I need you now but I don't know you yet. Oh tell me are your eyes brown, blue or green? And do you like it with sugar and cream? How can you miss someone you've never met?" He repeatedly ask that particular question ov...

This poetry was made with a preview of it posted before, “The Heart of A Child” which you can see on my facebook album (FB : Ananda Khaira Azizah) or on my “LittleLoves” instagram histories (ig : @the_littlewomen). I am the very first born from both of my parents’ family sides. From my mother and my father sides. I am the biggest sister of everyone; of 9 beautiful people, to be precise. As a big sister, I grew up showering them with such tremendous love and they too, love me tremendously in return. What a blessed and beautiful life I got to live in.   In Return For what is the heart of a child, If it's not as pure as light For what is life gifts to us all, If it's not their pretty, beautiful soul?   A child is honest, you see. They gave exactly as much as they received.   When we speak good words, we'll get good words in return. When we nurture them with good thoughts, they'll emit good thoughts too, in return. When we show them good behavior towards one another, they t...

“There is no one for me to blame ,  because I know the only thing in my way  i s me.” Mandy Harvey said on her “Try” song. I froze the moment I heard that song. Such powerful message packed with a beautiful song, alongside with a wonderful vocal. Sometimes we lost sights of ourselves. We are so focus on competing with others when the only one we should ever compete with is ourselves. We compete with the “yesterday” us. As we must  always  be better than the way we were. Baby steps are okay, we just have to keep going, and keep improving ourselves to be even better. Don't you ever wonder Don't you ever wonder what lays beyond those walls? Those walls of self-doubt, self-distrust, self-pity, those walls of underestimation of oneselves. All of those self-destructive feelings; those crazy thoughts, those mindsets? What will happen if you have none of that? Who will you be? What will you accomplished? What great things will you achieve? How far, will you go?   You'll...

As medical practitioners, we were often told that being a doctor means that we’re committing ourselves to be a lifelong learner and guess what? It doesn’t just end with us doctors. Everyone is a lifelong learner. “It’s never too late to learn” as it often said. No matter how old you are, there is never a time limit for those who want to learn. I think every child needs to view learning as a fun experience. Every single one of us has to. It makes us look forward to learn new things, it helps us view learning as a lifelong experience and feel no burden by it. The possibility of being one (a lifelong learner —red) might even excite us. When we’re already doing so, we’ll keep learning even though our study has ended. We even start to develop symptoms – we start to develop this itch, this hunger, we start to feel an immense desire to study. Then we begin to dive deeper into one particular subject or we find ourselves searching for any other interesting topics to swallow. Oh and spoiler...

For those loved ones whom I laid my heart upon, right from the start of my college ride up until we’re finally apart. I’ll keep you all safe in my mind always, I’ll hold you close to my heart. For nothing can ever do us part. Thank you for your love, thank you for all of those crazy journeys we’ve had, thank you for everything. It has been my greatest pride, it has been one hell of a ride.   Loves of my life   For those who got angry on my behalf.   I've met the loves of my life during college. And yes, you read it right. "Loves" as in plural form. The ones whom I literally can't live without. Those people whom I hold so dear, so deep in my heart, next to my soul.   There is not a single day has gone by without me being thankful to God for crossing our paths one to another. For bringing them to me.   Every single one of them are just so precious in their own way. And I love them precisely and solely because they are th...

  “But I know I’ll be alright With an open door, no matter what I do, what I do When I need a hand to hold Would it be okay if I came home to you? ” Sigrid – Home to You ( https://youtu.be/fvUmrVnqLV0 )   It wonders me how we’re able to have a Mother’s day, a Father’s day, but no day to celebrate both of them? Well, that curiosity led me into one incredible discovery: That we do have parents’ day! And some places around the world celebrate it already. It was May 8 th for South Korea, fourth Sunday of July in the United States and at the first Monday of December for the Philippines. The United Nations (UN) even proclaimed June 1 st as Global Day of Parents to celebrate parents’ in all parts of the world. Earlier this week I present a poem for you about parent, about how “perfectly imperfect” they are. You know, as a child, somehow we give ourselves justification to demand perfection from our parent, sometimes we even continue to do so up until adulthood. W...

Sebagai seorang anak, terkadang kita merasa “boleh” memberi kritik terhadap sikap orangtua kita mengenai suatu hal, kita menuntut “kesempurnaan” dari mereka. Namun seringkali kita lupa bahwa tidak ada satu pun orang di dunia ini yang sempurna, termasuk orangtua kita. Kita harus selalu ingat bahwa mereka, dalam segala keterbatasannya, selalu berjuang, melakukan yang terbaik hanya demi kita. Mereka akan selalu ada disamping kita dengan suka cita menopang anak-anaknya, seperti yang sudah mereka lakukan sedari dulu saat mereka menopang kita belajar berjalan, sekarang mereka masih terus dan akan selalu menopang kita menuju masa depan.   Surat cinta untuk MamaPapa   Orangtuaku tak sempurna Lalu kenapa? Apakah ada orangtua yang sempurna? Maksudku, apakah ada orang di dunia ini yang sempurna? Setahuku, hanya Tuhan-lah kesempurnaan yang sejati.   Orangtuaku tak sempurna Mereka tidak berada disampingku saat masa2 penting pertumbuhanku Lalu kenapa? Apakah h...