Today Malaysia celebrates her 49th birthday. I want to wish Happy Independence Day to all Malaysians. Here’s one of the most vivid images you can have in your mind as a Malaysian – the late Tunku Abdul Rahman holding his hand aloft and shouting passsionately…”Merdeka! Merdeka! Merdeka!”
But don’t confuse independence with freedom. In this context they may mean the same thing:
Independence: the fact or state of being independent
Freedom: absence of subjection to foreign domination or despotic government
But freedom means much more than that. I hope to see more freedom in Malaysia, especially freedom of speech and freedom of religion.
Maybe at the end of the day the only freedom we truly have is the freedom of thought. But are you using that freedom?
This is not a sermon or a motivational prep talk. It’s a reminder to myself just as much as to anyone reading this:
The next time you think “It’s impossible”, know that you have the freedom to think “How do I make this possible?”
The next time you think “I’m not good enough”, know that you have the freedom to think “How do I get good at this?”
You have the freedom to think differently. You have the freedom to CHOOSE how to think.
If you think you can, and you tell yourself often enough that you can, your mind will believe it. According to The Law of Attraction, if you think you can, then life will respond to you and make everything possible.
Practise your freedom of thought today.
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According to The Law of Attraction, if you think you can, then life will respond to you and make everything possible.
belated congrats to all M’sian.
Gobala, your words are very meaningful.
i think the law of attraction also applies to ideas and people also.
i have the idea that i want to be a success in internet marketing, and suddenly i found your Wordpress Adsense System.
in the process of marketing your WAS, I have made contacts in Australia and now Paris! that i am doing joint ventures with.
in fact, I am even going to do some affiliate marketing for TV acting courses. (more on my blog).
So call it, fate, destiny, maybe you call it best as the law of attraction.
Cheers, bro!
Andrew Wee
http://www.WhoIsAndrewWee.com
Technically, you’re right
“Today Malaysia celebrates her 49th birthday”.
If my conscience is clear, Malaysia was not born on 31 August 1957. 31 August 1957 is day is the independence day of the then Malaya.
Malaysia was born about 6 years later, when Malaya, Sabah and Sarawak combined to become MALAYSIA on 16 Sept 1963.
Nevertheless, happy merdeka day and wish you best of luck!