Talent as a tool to inspire!

Everyone has their own background, their own problems, their own journey. Life isn’t as easy as reciting your A,B,Cs or counting 1-10. Everyone knows that life has their own challenges and they have their own way to teach us a lesson. Some see it as ‘problems’ while others prefer to name it ‘opportunities’. What makes life worthwhile, though? What makes people want to hold on and fight for their life? What makes people fight back and seem so strong? Simply, hope. Simply, inspiration.

                What is inspiration? Inspiration is making other people think “Yes, you’re right. If you can do that, why can’t I?”. Inspiration is doing something or saying something that can strengthen other people when they are down. Inspiration is sharing your journey and telling your story of how you got back up after falling, in order for others to gain hope.

                I call myself the soul fixer. You probably have an idea of what I do. I fix broken, hopeless, scared, sad souls. Having so many challenges through life and having the experience to deal with the things that I still can't believe I went through, I not only found the meaning of life, but also found the reason why I was born into the world: to inspire.

                How do I inspire? I don’t inspire by having a program or through an event, at least, not yet. I inspire by sharing my experience, my struggles, and my comebacks at it. Right now, I am the social media admin for a youth organisation and it gives me the opportunity to motivate youth all around the world, at least Indonesia, through websites and applications such as twitter, facebook, etc. I give them hope when they are down, I give them strength when they are weak. I give them the spirit to keep going and hold on.  I make them feel confident in themselves and I try my best to help them figure out their talent, the reason why they were born. I share my life experience and give them pointers on how I handled things and how I managed (yet still don’t believe) to survive. I write short inspirational stories for the youth to read in hopes that it can strengthen them and make them spirited and inspired to reach their dreams. I inspire using the power of internet and  words, in hopes that I can help other people to be as tough and strong as I am now. 

                I believe that each and everyone of us are given our own “weapon” in surviving life. Some may call it a gift, ohers may call it “talent”. It’s what makes us special, it’s what makes us unique. Our talent/gift are supposed to be the reason why we live. We’re supposed to embrace it and make some use out of it. If our talent s singing, we should sing. If it’s writing, we should write. If it’s dancing, we should dance. If it’s designing, we should design. We should be able to live up our talent, our gift, our passion, no matter what stands in our way.

                Eventhough what I do may look like a small contribute , so small that it can’t even be measured, I am still very passionate in what I do. I try to at least inspire one person each day to strengthen them and make them believe what I believe: “We’re strong to face ANYTHING!”

                I believe that each and everyone of us were born to be somebody. That in the end, whatever challenges and problems we face are there to make us be a better person and build our character. That we are supposed to get through each challenge and problem with confidence and we should never ever back down  or give up. We should have faith and hope in every step of life we make. At the end, when we “win” in life, when we succeed or during our journey to get there, I believe that we are supposed to share our story with other people and encourage them to be strong as we used to. I may not be successful now, I’m still on my way there, but I am doing what I know I was born to do, and what I am desperately passionate for: encouraging people and giving them the energy to keep going by sharing my words and experiences in life. With every problem I face, with every challenge I passed, I become stronger. I become tough. This is me, my story, my talent. This is me, trying to change and inspire the world.