ever had a situation where you do something and get discouraged by people around you? or when you do something the whole world is going against you. or when you tried to do things and suddenly get frowned upon or looked down for what you want to do.. well you get the gist of what im asking.
this is a piece of reminder to all of us that no matter what you do believe in you yourself despite the whole world turn you down. got to persevere mate. why i said this? it's because i had this one experience that i really think of it as a good example of this.
it happened in my backyard. so my house was built on a land that was added on soil or people call it tambak. its mainly yellow and red soil. those soil is not rich in nutrient at all which means they arent good for trees to grow. it would take ages for nature to let the barren soil become suitable for big trees to grow healthily so what i did was i made a plan of making compost to add nutrient to the soil. being someone not serious at all in gardening, i refuse to spend my money on buying compost so i decided to make my own compost from every organic waste produced in my house. thats how cheapskate i am.
i gather dry leaves, dead trees, kitchen scraps, dead animals, and dead trees and pile them up. the extra effort i did is that i chopped up the dead trees and wood to smaller pieces so that they can turn to compost faster. if any of you see me doing all these you would say im just wasting my time doing something useless. yes, my dad said the same thing. just leave em be. they will decay on their own along with time. so everytime i started doing it my dad will make a remark i better do this or that. no need to spend time chopping those woods. eventually i stopped and let the compost pile be as it is. oh yeah this happen several months ago.
fast forward to few days ago. my dad started to get serious into gardening again with my mom as they have nothing to do being cooped up at home. he was looking for compost material like cocopeat to be added to soil as fertilizer for the plants. guess what he came to me and said the pile i made ages ago turned out to be good compost. and its even better than the black soil sold in the market (those compost are mixed with dirt. its not 100% compost). see if had just continued back then we would have a way better result than what we're having now. now only he believed what i did and tried to do the same thing.
this is a good reminder stubbornness is good when youre right because in the end the fruit will bear. nevertheless dont be ignorant or bodoh sombong. we can be stubborn because we know/think we are doing the right thing. but at the same time dont be arrogant not to listen to advice or critics as that will just prevent you from improving. or maybe youre perhaps doing something wrong and being stubborn will make you unsalvagable. people might look down or disagree with you as they might not have the knowledge of what you know of but that doesnt mean that you should be discouraged by what they say. but dont be blinded by arrogance because you think youre better than others hence that will be your downfall.
so yeah dont be afraid to pursue your dreams/passions because through struggle/hustle you will appreciate your dreams when you achieved it.
The Photograph
3 years ago
