Hi!
How are yooou guys doing? I hope you're doing all well. I had been busy with college, but finally I'm done with college stuff. I PASSED! I'm still waiting for the graduation, though.
Anyway, what I want to write in this post is something which is really special to me, personally. You probably wonder what Seri Project is and how I could start this project. This is going to be a story that I rarely tell, because I had fear telling about it. But now, I thank God - and myself to have a stronger heart to be more open to people around me.
Seri Project is... a spontaneous project. It started when I was in eighth semester of my college, the beginning of 2018. Back before 2018, in the middle of 2017, I honestly had this self issue related to self esteem. I thought it was really a complicated issue for me to handle. I don't know if anyone else feels this kind of issue, but I think they will feel it at least once in their lives. I'm the person who take most things seriously. People say I'm such a sensitive person and I know it sometimes effects to my mind badly, but I think I can take advantage of my own weakness into a little strength. So, I had this personal issue and I was overwhelmed by it, I couldn't handle it well. I tried to speak up and talk to my close friends but I still didn't feel relieved. It seemed the world was crumbling into pieces and it's my job to puzzle it all from the beginning. Fairness seemed to be blurred back then. I prayed to Allah and I hoped I could see the light between these unconditional darkness. You probably read this and you will say I am being so dramatic, but what I felt was not at all. Every human in this earth has his / her own way to figure out his / her personal issues, to heal the wounds. No problems in this huge place is dramatic, it depends on how the people take the problems. You can't say someone is being dramatic if his / her problem effects to their lives. And from that thought, everyone should be respected.
One of my friend asked me first to do this, to make a social experiment. I said that was a good idea and I actually had intention to do so. Deep inside, I wanted to do this just to let things go, but with a good deed. I'm saying this not because I ran away from my problems, but I thought I needed to do something to keep my mind busy with good things. And this is the perfect project for me to release my issue gradually in a good way. Seri is an Indonesian word for light, beautiful, and looking good. I chose that word because it gives me strength to do this project somehow. Ok, I tell you how this works. So, I planned to give a good quote to a stranger three times a week for a full year of 2018. The quotes themselves I made it with myself, but not 100% came out from my mind - sometimes there were some quotes that I combined. So, I needed to give any strangers my seri cards 159 in total. For such a-not-so-confident woman like me, it was a ten-hard job to do.
At first, it seemed so impossible for me to approach any strangers and give them a card with a quote in English. They were mostly Indonesian, so when somebody didn't understand the words in English, I was really ready to translate it to Indonesian language, haha. The purpose of writing the quotes in English is that I could approach more and talk more with them, the strangers. When it was the fifth week and more, I felt alive having this project going on. It is still running, it hasn't done yet. I've had busy with college and other stuff to do, and some moments I didn't feel like myself (you know what I mean, right?), so I postponed Seri Project until months. Now, in late December, I've only given cards for 61 and I still need to give another 98 cards. I am going to finish it, I promise. It's a promise to myself, that: I can finish what I have started before.
For me, Seri Project is a healing program. I felt like giving them (the strangers) an opportunity to breathe a little bit from this bustling life and giving them a little hope to believe that there is always, like ALWAYS, a good thing in life. And of course it gave myself a room to think about what's good for me, what's good for others. Most people that I gave the cards to, took this project well, they understood what I wanted to do, why I did this. Some people rejected me, some people didn't care, and a few people went away when I wanted to approach. That's a common thing I guess when you have this kind of project that involve A LOT of strangers. You know, it's not only for strangers. Sometimes I gave it to the people I know, I wanted to give them a great hope for themselves and a great self esteem for them to be carried in their future.
These were some of the people who were given the cards. They're all from different backgrounds, races, and cultures. And I really enjoyed talking with them even if it's just in a very short time. My intention is for giving a great thing every week to people, so I hope they are doing good now, wherever they are. It has really effected me. I don't know what this feeling called, but I feel little pure joy inside me while doing this. But you know, when you wanted to approach a stranger, there would be some awkward moments to start the conversation.
If you want to check the moments of Seri Project, you can click here.
I am doing good now, just for your information, hehe. I really want to back on track as soon as possible. I want to feel THAT relieve moment when I gave the cards. Anyway, I want to thank all of my friends who encouraged me to do this project and stayed by my side while I was giving the cards, hehe. Whoever read this and feel like you have involved in this project, whether you are my friend or the stranger I gave the card to, I thank you for participating and helping me to heal my wounds piece by piece. I'm here, saying all these things and trying this project, not only for my goodness, but for others. I try to be kind and humble every single day. I want people to realize that being kind and humble is the most satisfying thing that will ever happened to them, because you will feel positive and people who tend to be close to you, who look up to you, will feel the same thing. Positive mind is contagious, so is happiness.
I really hope you got something after reading this, and I hope you have a great life.
Thank you! :)
#sharekindness #peopletopeople
Anyway, what I want to write in this post is something which is really special to me, personally. You probably wonder what Seri Project is and how I could start this project. This is going to be a story that I rarely tell, because I had fear telling about it. But now, I thank God - and myself to have a stronger heart to be more open to people around me.
Seri Project is... a spontaneous project. It started when I was in eighth semester of my college, the beginning of 2018. Back before 2018, in the middle of 2017, I honestly had this self issue related to self esteem. I thought it was really a complicated issue for me to handle. I don't know if anyone else feels this kind of issue, but I think they will feel it at least once in their lives. I'm the person who take most things seriously. People say I'm such a sensitive person and I know it sometimes effects to my mind badly, but I think I can take advantage of my own weakness into a little strength. So, I had this personal issue and I was overwhelmed by it, I couldn't handle it well. I tried to speak up and talk to my close friends but I still didn't feel relieved. It seemed the world was crumbling into pieces and it's my job to puzzle it all from the beginning. Fairness seemed to be blurred back then. I prayed to Allah and I hoped I could see the light between these unconditional darkness. You probably read this and you will say I am being so dramatic, but what I felt was not at all. Every human in this earth has his / her own way to figure out his / her personal issues, to heal the wounds. No problems in this huge place is dramatic, it depends on how the people take the problems. You can't say someone is being dramatic if his / her problem effects to their lives. And from that thought, everyone should be respected.
One of my friend asked me first to do this, to make a social experiment. I said that was a good idea and I actually had intention to do so. Deep inside, I wanted to do this just to let things go, but with a good deed. I'm saying this not because I ran away from my problems, but I thought I needed to do something to keep my mind busy with good things. And this is the perfect project for me to release my issue gradually in a good way. Seri is an Indonesian word for light, beautiful, and looking good. I chose that word because it gives me strength to do this project somehow. Ok, I tell you how this works. So, I planned to give a good quote to a stranger three times a week for a full year of 2018. The quotes themselves I made it with myself, but not 100% came out from my mind - sometimes there were some quotes that I combined. So, I needed to give any strangers my seri cards 159 in total. For such a-not-so-confident woman like me, it was a ten-hard job to do.
At first, it seemed so impossible for me to approach any strangers and give them a card with a quote in English. They were mostly Indonesian, so when somebody didn't understand the words in English, I was really ready to translate it to Indonesian language, haha. The purpose of writing the quotes in English is that I could approach more and talk more with them, the strangers. When it was the fifth week and more, I felt alive having this project going on. It is still running, it hasn't done yet. I've had busy with college and other stuff to do, and some moments I didn't feel like myself (you know what I mean, right?), so I postponed Seri Project until months. Now, in late December, I've only given cards for 61 and I still need to give another 98 cards. I am going to finish it, I promise. It's a promise to myself, that: I can finish what I have started before.
For me, Seri Project is a healing program. I felt like giving them (the strangers) an opportunity to breathe a little bit from this bustling life and giving them a little hope to believe that there is always, like ALWAYS, a good thing in life. And of course it gave myself a room to think about what's good for me, what's good for others. Most people that I gave the cards to, took this project well, they understood what I wanted to do, why I did this. Some people rejected me, some people didn't care, and a few people went away when I wanted to approach. That's a common thing I guess when you have this kind of project that involve A LOT of strangers. You know, it's not only for strangers. Sometimes I gave it to the people I know, I wanted to give them a great hope for themselves and a great self esteem for them to be carried in their future.
These were some of the people who were given the cards. They're all from different backgrounds, races, and cultures. And I really enjoyed talking with them even if it's just in a very short time. My intention is for giving a great thing every week to people, so I hope they are doing good now, wherever they are. It has really effected me. I don't know what this feeling called, but I feel little pure joy inside me while doing this. But you know, when you wanted to approach a stranger, there would be some awkward moments to start the conversation.
If you want to check the moments of Seri Project, you can click here.
I am doing good now, just for your information, hehe. I really want to back on track as soon as possible. I want to feel THAT relieve moment when I gave the cards. Anyway, I want to thank all of my friends who encouraged me to do this project and stayed by my side while I was giving the cards, hehe. Whoever read this and feel like you have involved in this project, whether you are my friend or the stranger I gave the card to, I thank you for participating and helping me to heal my wounds piece by piece. I'm here, saying all these things and trying this project, not only for my goodness, but for others. I try to be kind and humble every single day. I want people to realize that being kind and humble is the most satisfying thing that will ever happened to them, because you will feel positive and people who tend to be close to you, who look up to you, will feel the same thing. Positive mind is contagious, so is happiness.
I really hope you got something after reading this, and I hope you have a great life.
Thank you! :)
#sharekindness #peopletopeople
