Life is often comparable to architecture, the way it's built from a blueprint to construction ultimately to a structure. Then so far, I love my platform. But there comes a time a structure is beyond repair and simply easier to demolish in order to be built bigger, better and more efficient.
Just like anyone else I have immense amounts of different decisions I would've made if I knew better a second time around. But I'm fortunate to be where I am through those decisions that in one way or another shaped my life the way it is today.
Who knows, I might cherish today for today because I couldn't go back and have the opportunity to change those decisions.
Earlier in the year, I made another crucial decision. No one will ever know the impact it'll have in my life until I look back in the next ten years but I have a good feeling deep down this moment, that this will change my life forever.
God must've known this was coming because I can honestly say the last couple of years truly prepared me for this moment. The deep understanding of our culture in Korea, the true lessons of survival I attained on my own in America, coupled with the valuable test of patience and optimism in Paris, it couldn't have set up more flawlessly.
And so I salute to those who raised me, my mother and father, for giving me more than they ever had in their lives, my brother for having gone through this process before me and made me proud. I thought I'd never say this, but salute to the country that fed me but raised me in better conditions.
I will miss you all and I hope to greet you guys soon when I'm back from my leave of absence. Until then, best of luck and wishes for you all truly deserve it. My year starts now!!!
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Monday, January 19, 2009
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Daily Reminder
A time for me in Paris was a time for me to focus on the Present. To put all my past achievements and mistakes behind, stop planning my life so far ahead that I lose sight of what I have right now. I write this, because I need to remind myself what I came here for, why I'm here and what I'm going to do here.
I need to remember it was just yet another opportunity in my life to start fresh, new and rejuvenated. Wherever I went, I always looked back on the friends I left behind and held on to them as if I had frozen the time. Surely enough, when I went back 'home' it wasn't the same because life kept going while I wasn't there. It put me down as young one, but I learned I can't be hanging on to the past like that because eventually its arms will grow tired.
On the contrary, I never used to plan my life 5 years ahead, but more like 10. I had this clear picture of who I wanted to be in that time and what I wanted to accomplish. I was so fixated on my goals I didn't just lose what was around me, but I had lost myself. It was good to have that constant motivation to achieve higher standards, though not by selling my soul. I knew then my dreams were what I desired in my life at the time but not who I was meant out to be.
So here I am today, until time tells me otherwise, to love this given moment. I need to continue to appreciate what I have, not what I used to have. I'm always guilty of that. I don't need to look so far ahead because the future will take care of itself if I continue to accept today as a gift. I don't need to freeze the time but let time walk with me. I need not to be stressed because I'm blessed in so many ways and so many times I don't even know it. Let people move on by to make room for new ones. There's no reason to hold back. Quit being bitter because at the end of the day, God never did me wrong. I need to remind myself...
I want to share this quote I really like:
"I want to walk away and not look back, because sometimes we just need to stop analyzing the past, stop planning the future, stop figuring out precisely how we feel, stop deciding with our minds exactly, what we want our heart to feel...We just have to go with the flow."
I need to remember it was just yet another opportunity in my life to start fresh, new and rejuvenated. Wherever I went, I always looked back on the friends I left behind and held on to them as if I had frozen the time. Surely enough, when I went back 'home' it wasn't the same because life kept going while I wasn't there. It put me down as young one, but I learned I can't be hanging on to the past like that because eventually its arms will grow tired.
On the contrary, I never used to plan my life 5 years ahead, but more like 10. I had this clear picture of who I wanted to be in that time and what I wanted to accomplish. I was so fixated on my goals I didn't just lose what was around me, but I had lost myself. It was good to have that constant motivation to achieve higher standards, though not by selling my soul. I knew then my dreams were what I desired in my life at the time but not who I was meant out to be.
So here I am today, until time tells me otherwise, to love this given moment. I need to continue to appreciate what I have, not what I used to have. I'm always guilty of that. I don't need to look so far ahead because the future will take care of itself if I continue to accept today as a gift. I don't need to freeze the time but let time walk with me. I need not to be stressed because I'm blessed in so many ways and so many times I don't even know it. Let people move on by to make room for new ones. There's no reason to hold back. Quit being bitter because at the end of the day, God never did me wrong. I need to remind myself...
I want to share this quote I really like:
"I want to walk away and not look back, because sometimes we just need to stop analyzing the past, stop planning the future, stop figuring out precisely how we feel, stop deciding with our minds exactly, what we want our heart to feel...We just have to go with the flow."
Sunday, December 7, 2008
Expectations
There's three general expectations of living life.
1. You expect the worst; consequently hoping every situation turns out better than you have anticipated.
2. You expect nothing; living every moment as a surprise.
3. You expect the best at all times; believing expecting the best is the only way to bring out the best.
For the majority of my life leading up to my current age, I was a firm believer of the 'expecting the worst, hoping for the best' attitude. I always thought that's how I'd stay satisfied with most life occurences. Everything seemed to turn out better than how I ever measured it to be. However, recently I thought I'd put that attitude behind me because in a way it was a negative energy. I held the bar so low that sometimes that's the most I'd get. So I turned it around and started to expect the best. I woke up each morning expecting a good day. Even in the days where all things could go wrong, I never labeled it a bad one until the last moments before sleep 'cause there was still hope that I could reverse my fortunes. It could get tough though, getting a good day everyday out of your life. I ask myself how I could stay balanced and live it thorough? To me, living frugally on surprise each and every step of the way is what i enjoy most.
How do you live yours?
1. You expect the worst; consequently hoping every situation turns out better than you have anticipated.
2. You expect nothing; living every moment as a surprise.
3. You expect the best at all times; believing expecting the best is the only way to bring out the best.
For the majority of my life leading up to my current age, I was a firm believer of the 'expecting the worst, hoping for the best' attitude. I always thought that's how I'd stay satisfied with most life occurences. Everything seemed to turn out better than how I ever measured it to be. However, recently I thought I'd put that attitude behind me because in a way it was a negative energy. I held the bar so low that sometimes that's the most I'd get. So I turned it around and started to expect the best. I woke up each morning expecting a good day. Even in the days where all things could go wrong, I never labeled it a bad one until the last moments before sleep 'cause there was still hope that I could reverse my fortunes. It could get tough though, getting a good day everyday out of your life. I ask myself how I could stay balanced and live it thorough? To me, living frugally on surprise each and every step of the way is what i enjoy most.
How do you live yours?
Thursday, November 20, 2008
The Gift & The Curse
By: Kyu Kim
It's been a long way around the globe, however, my life has yet been short. I just turned 25 last month and already I've been blessed to have lived in places many could only fathom.
I always thought 24 was that age when you become an adult. Maybe it was because that was the time my mother got married to my father, but I always believed by that age a stable life were to be established.
Quite the contrary, my life by far has been inconsistent and erratic. While I never found a place to call home to - something I longed for; at the quarter century mark, I found myself, once again, packing my bags to explore the city of Paris.
If you would compare my life to the NFL, I would have played for 8 different teams in 12 different systems and with team-mates having gone in and out the door year in and year out.
If you look at the history of successful players, they've stuck with one team and a coach throughout their careers. I'm probably one of those players who have yet to reach his full potential through so many changes.
Be that as it may, the road to assuming an executive role of an organization does little use what kind of a player you once was. But rather, it's those changes that you endured that allow you to diversify your potential to be ever prosperous.
Consequently, it is the now, the present, at this moment I am utterly appreciating and embracing change. A change that might hinder my growth at the moment but develop a firm approach to the future ahead.
I've had my share of wealth and misfortune. That is why I titled this piece 'The Gift & The Curse'. But because my gift outweighs the curse, therefore, it comes first.
It's been a long way around the globe, however, my life has yet been short. I just turned 25 last month and already I've been blessed to have lived in places many could only fathom.
I always thought 24 was that age when you become an adult. Maybe it was because that was the time my mother got married to my father, but I always believed by that age a stable life were to be established.
Quite the contrary, my life by far has been inconsistent and erratic. While I never found a place to call home to - something I longed for; at the quarter century mark, I found myself, once again, packing my bags to explore the city of Paris.
If you would compare my life to the NFL, I would have played for 8 different teams in 12 different systems and with team-mates having gone in and out the door year in and year out.
If you look at the history of successful players, they've stuck with one team and a coach throughout their careers. I'm probably one of those players who have yet to reach his full potential through so many changes.
Be that as it may, the road to assuming an executive role of an organization does little use what kind of a player you once was. But rather, it's those changes that you endured that allow you to diversify your potential to be ever prosperous.
Consequently, it is the now, the present, at this moment I am utterly appreciating and embracing change. A change that might hinder my growth at the moment but develop a firm approach to the future ahead.
I've had my share of wealth and misfortune. That is why I titled this piece 'The Gift & The Curse'. But because my gift outweighs the curse, therefore, it comes first.
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