Passionate Ideals

One that can make our lives is because of the passionate ideals. However, the ideals will only be wishful thinking if without any effort to get it. For that goal must be accompanied by a determination to achieve them. Lofty ideals must uphold the value of human life and happiness of others. Ideals must also uplift the downtrodden people, who are discouraged encouraging.

Yes, in making the ideals of the ideal we do not just think of the results for yourself, but the ideals that should meet the needs of humanity: Find the answers to meet them, and do not hesitate to answer those needs by serving those in need.


Therefore, the building must be of universal ideals and heartfelt. Carlyle, West motivator, says, "People who are half-half will go back and forth to the front and back, and will not be speeding down the road that even subtle, but people who seriously strong and will push forward despite his determination on the road The most rugged, and will achieve his goal, if there is the slightest value in there. A person without goals is like the ship propeller-empty, lost, and insignificant. Have the ideals in life, and after that pour out the strengths and your mind is fully in your efforts, as has been given by God to you. "


People who are serious about not aspire to sit quietly and wait chin goddess fortuna comes, but he will take every opportunity that exists and use this opportunity to get close to his ideals. Yes, that's how goals will be achieved. Ben Sweetland in her book I Will says, "Imagine yourself as you wish, you can be assured that you can achieve it, with the spirit of 'I can' make the basic assumption that still needs to be realized and take the steps necessary to realize your plans." Very true what they say Ben that we must make the steps to realize the dream or that goal.
Believe it or not, continuous dream will become a reality lived. Dream or goal is like a plant. Plants that will grow, on and on until it reaches the fruit if we water it regularly every day, provide fertilizer to the routine and so forth. This applies also to dream.


R. Mack Douglas is considered the ideals of our equipment to success. The ideals are our tools. Ideals will obey our will as a slave to his master, but how great slave and servant of this if we can control it. Learn to control your ideals. Make him an amazing tool.


Algerian-born French writers, Albert Camus illustrates when a person could not control his life. He tells of a young man who left home for 25 years. He married, became wealthy and decided to return to his hometown to visit his mother and sister. She came secretly without notice, and arrived in the inn run by his mother and sister. They do not recognize it anymore, and with the intention of funny he still did not show the actual identity. When going rest of the night, she still posing as ordinary visitors. But that night, mother and sister to rob the young man, killing him, and threw his body into the times. Apparently, mother and daughter over the years it often kills the hotel guests. For those young men is no different with other guests. When the young man's wife came to the inn to find her husband, she tells the real situation. Mother and daughter were shocked and felt very guilty, and the two committed suicide.


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Undoubtedly, if an ideal has been achieved then he expects recognition and appreciation. And if we are sincere on the ideals of our esteemed, it is really not necessary. Bertand Russell said that those who live with a sincere, honest, and noble, though her life is hidden, do not have to worry that his life will be in vain. A beam of light will shine from his life, the light will show the way for others, his friends, maybe in the long term future. I saw that today many people oppressed by a sense of helplessness, and feelings that the rapid progress of modern society, there will be no important things to do. Goodness it will still shine wherever he is.


Enjoy the journey towards the ideals must be really acted. Because it is not impossible when we get the spikes in achieving our ideals have been pricked by it and stop there.We grinned and not strong enough to take another step. People who are steadfast in reaching its goals will be strong over the middle of the obstacles confronting. He does not jump off a bridge. He will not surrender to the state.


There was a husband to lose money of millions of dollars. And he realizes that losing money is only temporary obstacles to success. Though the time was the days of famine in his country. He then talked to his wife and said, "Unfortunately, today we have lost millions of dollars." Imagine how many people would be surprised if, stripped of all their property. However, it turns out the wife has the courage and deep spirituality. He smiled at her husband and said: "Do not be sad dear, it's all just money." And that's the last time they talked about it. They were together again spent his days to success.


As for fuel or supplies in reaching goals is energy, the energy to move the entire potential. Even strong energilah that can determine whether or not someone step toward success. Sir Thomas Buxton said, "That the longer I live, the more convinced I am that big differences between people, between the weak and strong, big and that does not mean, lies in its energy, ie a kink ideals persist, once then determined to win or die.These qualities will be able to do everything that can be done in this world, and without it is impossible that the circumstances, talents, and whatever opportunities are also able to make this two-legged human beings. "


A book entitled The Power Within You, written by Claude M. Bristol and Harold Sherman, quoting an ancient proverb that says, "Look inward. In the spring there are good and let him bubbling to the surface when you dig. "Now when you think the picture of the mind, imagine yourself into what you want, finish the things you want and achieve the goals you have set own. You definitely will see the most amazing picture you've ever imagined. From there you will gain strength, knowledge, and effort to finish because you have imagined it as a picture of the living. So, indirectly the perceived image was transformed into a fuel that can move us towards the ideals of (shadow) it.


This picture is patterned in your mind. As a television in your mind. You will see yourself able to achieve what you want. When you set goals that dynamic and begin to struggle to reach the lofty ideals and challenging, it means that right then you're successful, because often times the effort to achieve, accomplish, achieve, and the journey towards the ideals themselves more greater significance than the achievement of ideals.


Indications of the above is that you will be a dynamic, never retreat, and no one can stop you. R. Mack Douglas in his book How to make a Habit of succeeding say that virtue requires effort, when God wants sponges and oyster-oyster then God created them and put that one dilumpur and the other in rock. When God created man, God did not make it like sponges and oysters; He created it with two legs and hands, head and heart, and blood of revival, and also a place to use all of it, and He said to His creatures, " Go to work! "

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Music That Heals and Feeding

In New Yorker Beth Israel Medical Center, a few years ago, was caring for three-year-old toddler. He was born with abnormalities of the large head (hydrocephalus). Because of the pressure, his brain is damaged. Some time ago, when suddenly she must get help breathing. Surprisingly, when a foreign object in the windpipe, the child can protest with your feet and hands. The doctor soon reassured by drugs. The doctors tried to give alternative treatment.

Dr. Joanne Loewy merundukan his head into his little patient. Then he surrounds the patient bed while sounding musical instrument with a variety of tones. When I heard the music, the child seems a little quiet. His muscles were stiff and no longer looks graph of heart rate monitors decreased. After stroking kepalanyae, Joanne left the room, your baby looks irregular breathing and his face was calm. 

Besides taking care of Nathalie, the patient's name, Joanne led three research at Beth Israel Medical Center to find out how music can lighten the suffering of children of AIDS, leukemia, asthma, and severe brain disorders. Joanne saw a lot of music could alleviate their situation. According to recent research - such as Nathalie - influential music directly to the brain and lead to a body of work processes. 

Other scientific evidence from Dr. Ralph Spintge, in Frankfurt. Music as a therapeutic tool to heal can be seen in the Imme Kramer. Residents Frankfurt suffered a very painful hereditary disease and until now there is no cure. Network weakened binding to interfere in other organs, including the heart. Three times he suffered a mild heart attack.Dr. Ralph Spintge considers 48-year-old woman was necessary dirilekskan. At first it takes exposure to music from the headphones for 15 minutes to free him from the state of stress, based on the observation of muscle activity. After three weeks of being treated with music therapy, just five minutes listening to music, he was able to calm down. 

Many music scholars and educators have conducted research to see the positive effects of some types of music. Many facts are revealed from the study. Among other things, the existence of an interesting relationship between music and human intelligence. Classical music, for example the works of Mozart, has the effect of stimulation is good for the baby. But from the other studies revealed that actually not only Mozart's music that can be used. All quiet and rhythmic music softly give a good effect for fetuses, infants, and children. 

These days even began to bloom developed for therapeutic use of music. In various studies, the evidence demonstrated the use of music to address various problems, from anxiety to cancer, high blood pressure, chronic pain, dyslexia, even mental illness. 

There are interesting from the research of Prof.. Gordon Shaw of the University of California, Los Angeles. He divided a group of children into 3 groups: Learning Music, Computer Learning, and Learning Skills. Apparently the first group showed a dramatic development, ie 35% more intelligent than the second and third. 

Meanwhile, a suitable age for children to practice music, the age of 3 or 4 to 6 years.Age is the most appropriate time to start learning music, because this period is the best period in the development of hearing. 

In addition, at the age of 8-9 years, left and right brain will connect and will experience a thickening of the left and right brain connecting. For that if music education is given before the child was 8 years old, then it can increase intelligence. This is evidenced in many developed countries, so that the music used as a mandatory curriculum. 

Physiologically, the music really relates to the sense of hearing, but psychologically music associated with various human mental functions such as perception, abstraction, mood and various other psychological functions. Seashore (1967) suggests that musical activities involving many psychological aspects. High-low difference tone, for example, affect the perception of auditory stimuli that refers to a different interpretation of the meaning. High tone tends to be perceived as something that contain the emotions that are stronger than a low tone. Another example, a fast tempo is more evocative spirit than with a slow tempo. Various studies indicate that certain music can produce mood that support human productivity. 

History shows banayaknya thinking about the influence of music on people. Good Takwin tells many philosophers, artists, theologians and scientists are struggling to assess the role of music in human life. We find the role of music in shaping the body's rhythms and attitude in the literature of ancient Greece when Plato suggests gave music lessons to children. In his work The Republic, Plato suggested that country music broadcast simultaneously with motion exercises to children. Good Takwin tried to interpret the intent of Plato regarding his advice to learn music and movement to children. Regular music and movement, says Good, can form the rhythm of the body and give harmony to mankind in daily living. The rhythm is regular and rhythmic body movements that produce the relaxed conditions at all times. 

Following Plato, many thinkers who put music as important to humans. In the 6th century AD, Boethius in his De Musica Institutione wrote, "Music is a part of us, and Either ennobles or degrades our behavior." Music as part of human life that can have good and bad effects, increase of honor and glory of human and on the other hand can also reduce human dignity. The influence of this music depends on the type of music and the context of the existing people listen to music. Regardless of the good and bad influence, Boethius clear view of music as something that affects human life. 

Music is also often considered to prevent people from doing evil. Cervantes in the Do Quxote asserted "Nowhere cans there's music there be no evil". Here the music clearly seen good effect, bringing people to the good. Even music often considered to have supernatural powers that is not comprehensible and logical mind can not be explained by human beings. Thomas Carlyle in On Heroes, Hero-Worship and The Heroic In History even loudly calling for a challenge, "Who is there that, in logical words, can express the effect music has on us? A kind of inarticulate unfathomable speech, the which leads us to the edge of the infinite, you lets us for moments Gaze Into That ".Music is the speech that was indescribable, very deep and strong impression that can bring men to the edge of the 'infinite', on the sacred. 

Music and human feelings, two things that are considered closely related, both in the context of religious and nonreligious. Burton even looked at the music has a healing power for emotional disturbance. He said when the music evoke feelings, even though such an uncomfortable feeling of fear, sadness, reash, and wasted, music is a healer directly from the discomfort. 

How can music actually affect human life? That's because music has 3 important parts of Beat, Rhythm, and Harmony, said Ev. Andrew Christanday. "Beat affects the body, affecting the rhythm of the soul, while affecting the spirit of harmony." The most obvious example that beat really affect the body is in a rock concert. Certainly there are no spectators or players in a rock concert that his body not moving. Everything rocked with a vengeance, and even tends to be uncontrollable. We still remember with a "head banger", a twirling motion head to the rhythm of loud rock music. And it followed her body as if without feeling tired. 

If our hearts are hard, try to listen to beautiful music, which has a rhythm (rhythm) is regular. The feeling we will be more comfortable and easy. Even outside the country, the hospitals make itself more beautiful songs to help cure his patients. That is a proof, that greatly affect the rhythm of the human soul. While greatly affect the spirit of harmony. If we watch a horror movie, always sounding harmony (melody), heart-wrenching, chilling which we stand. In religious rituals are also widely used harmonies that carry the human spirit into the worship of nature. In meditation, people hear the harmony of the sounds of nature all around. "Music is good for human life is a musical balance between the beat, rhythm, and harmony", says Ev. Andrew Christanday. 

In addition to the above, there are receptors in the human brain, the signal receiver can identify the music. Baby's brain was already able to receive the music, though with limited ability due to brain growth has not been perfect. Music is one of stimulation to accelerate and enrich your baby's brain development. If the child is accustomed to hear wonderful music, lots of benefits that will be felt by the child. Not only enhance cognition in an optimal children, also develop emotional intelligence. In addition to cognitive and emotional benefits, there are many more uses of music for children. For example, improved motor development, improve language skills, mathematics, as well as social skills, and build self-confidence. 

Furthermore, music is seen as an effective soul-forming medium. Music also has the power to refresh and reinforce memory of the nearly vanished. Some psychological effects of music have been mentioned above. It is said the music associated with the feelings, the formation of operating and soul. More concretely again, found that music can facilitate language acquisition, reading readiness and development of general intelligence. In the aspect of personality, it was found that music can mencitakan positive attitude toward a particular object, increased creativity, social support and adjustment perkemabangan and self-esteem. In addition to psychological effects, disebutlan also religious or spiritual influence of music. The most obvious Carlyle opinion confirms that music can evoke about the sanctity of human consciousness and infinite power.

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Conditioning

Taufik Pasiak, neuroscience expert storytelling, a time when still in high school and became a youth activist in the village mosque and in school, he felt to be a very easy worship. These feelings arise every time he heard of a religious teacher who lectured with good, touching his feelings, even tell about heaven, hell, accompanied by the words are beautiful and fit the situation. When I heard it all, she was determined after the recitation, he would pray with truly, and will carry out all religious orders.

In short, he'll be the best. Determination was very strong and hard so that his mind when it is focused right to the activity of worship. He felt to be a very faithful and feel closest to God. The first day, second to the third he really worship. Unfortunately, the fourth day his spirits began to slacken. A week after that, he was back to normal. "Hot-hot chicken shit", proverb for him who admitted his own. He was ashamed to call myself as a person close to God.
In another incident, Taufik also recalled once burst into tears when following the Eid sermon. A familiar figure in Manado sermon delivered beautifully. Her voice is steady and firm, tone and articulation that he was so charming illustrations accompanied by a very good story to make it touched. Most of those present became so fascinated and in tears. At that time he also determined to serve and be a good person since that moment, like the intention that happened during high school. He came home with a burning passion, doing something well and serve with a steady, and reducing other wasteful activities. Unfortunately, it lasted only four days. After that, he did worship as ever. Her feelings go up and down, his faith is not stable, changing all the time. 

The situation experienced by Taufik Pasiak, which experienced problems does well by most humans, is an experience the process of conditioning (conditioning). This term is a term taken from the field of psychology, called behaviorism. Behavioristic is the study of human behavior, which is looking at individuals as being reactive to respond to the environment. And maintenance experience will shape their behavior.
The hallmark of this theory is to prioritize the elements and a small part, is mechanistic, emphasizing the role of the environment, concerned with the formation of a reaction or response. In this theory says that human behavior is controlled by rewards or reward and reinforcement or reinforcement from the environment.
This conditioning technique used in a lot of training associated with self-development.You are told to watch a sad movie first, which confuse the blue, which makes your tears were shed, your feelings vacillate, or you are told to watch a movie that makes you amazed, awed, amazed, and sat silent. Your feelings are conditioned in such a way as to then be filled with certain doctrines.
Such conditioning touching, make your heart torn apart and became very emotional. You are easily moved and mesmerized. Unfortunately, the effect is temporary and very small to be able to change attitudes. Why? Because, according to Taufik Pasiak, this approach does not change the way you think. The way you look at the issue has not changed because of this. Point of view remains as before because nothing has changed from your perspective. This method is useful only for a moment. 

However, continued Taufik, if you truly want to change themselves and for all in life, recognize themselves, especially the way you look at the problem, then tailor it to your life goals. Learn from the scriptures and ancient books about wisdom. We will find that all the wise people and wise people who managed to change are those who begin to change the way society thinks. They touch people's point of view about God, the universe, and yourself. Most of them are not the orator who can make people cry, but the champions of change of mind that can make people aware of for good. 

Conditioning is associated with emotional conditions. Who's emotional condition is strongly influenced by the way we communicate. Therefore we need to understand how good communication with each other motivation for going on between everyone. The first one, try to bring the joy of our communication. Can be done while terseyum, playfully, and other means of fun. We also need to look at the right time to talk about something serious problems, must not talk. In this case also, the motivation can arise when we're good emotional condition. Fact is, as experienced by Taufik Pasiak in the story above. 

The real world is your mirror and your mind is a magnet. If you think, act and speak negatively, then the world will be negative as well. If you think, act and speak enthusiastically, then the world will respond with enthusiasm. You yourself will not bring people on the road mind you, but you yourself will bring other people on your feelings and beliefs. 

Below is a description of the solutions offered by taufik Pasiak above, about how to us consistent with our feelings in doing good things. First, make yourself in a state of pleasant emotions. Act the Way You Want to feel and soon you'll feel the way you act. In fact, not only emotionally, but also logic. Emotions will encourage us to keep the spirit and consistent, while the logic encourages us always to consider the steps progress ourselves. 

The human brain is functionally composed by two parts: the part that deals premises emotional activity (performed by the limbic system, particularly the amygdala) and are dealing with rational activity (performed by the skin of the brain. The skin of the brain is also possessed by some animals, but with poor quality good). If you run across a rice field, fell and seriously injured, the amygdala would quickly record the incident. This is exactly the conditioning activity using illustrations. At other times, when you intend to pass it back field of traumatic feelings you say to not participate because it would fall and get hurt again. It's called "hijacking" the amygdala. You will lose balance when it's self. However, if the skin of the brain (ratio / logic) you are trained enough, piracy does not happen. "You immediately think that I could not possibly hurt twice, I would be careful climbing the embankment and will be holding something in order not to fall." Said Taufik Pasiak in best-sellernya Brain Management for Self Improvement (Mizan: 2007).
Second, use problem-solving approach (problem solving) to promote ourselves if our emotions are sadness, anger or fear to joy and pleasant conditions. Thinking problem-solving to make our lives will feel easy and light-light, because we always focus on problem solving rather than the problem itself. 

Below I want to tell you again what is told by Taufik Pasiak of conditioning process in a person. A funny thing, the process is not from religious teachings, as an experienced Taufik own.
"Contact me, an intellectual and renowned communications expert Dr. Jalaluddin Rakhmat never tell a similar story when I visited his house in Bandung. One time when he prayed the afternoon prayer was very close to God. He read a long paragraph to enjoy the closeness it. Prayer is usually practical-practical or principles are to be filled with prayer rituals long. Taste-it seems he did not want to finish so close right with God.Whereas before, when prayer verses he uses short, swift movements, and a brief prayer. "I wonder", he told us, "not once I became a believer like this." Over the past few days because he was seeking a contributing factor in the next day of prayer, he no longer felt the same. He did a kind of footprint trace to find out the cause. He found the answer and laugh about it. Apparently, then, he has just finished watching a telenovela with stories of pain that made him sad, brought emotional, sentimental, and like to cry. In mood that accompanies it when he did pray. "

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Journey Sidney Sheldon Becoming Writer

Not many writers tell kepenulisannya life journey, especially the tricks of how they can write. Why so? because they are reluctant to talk about himself in the creative process.As Stephen King said that a writer writes about writing is something "funny". Because, every writer has their own way in writing. Experience how to write it can not be the thing that is sure to guarantee the other writers to follow his way. There are a thousand and one ways of writing exercises.

But one thing is clear and certain that every writer has the experience to write a long and winding road.

In this paper, I want to explore about the journey of authorship Sidney Sheldon, a writer who is extraordinary novel by which this road to achieve his dream of becoming a writer.

Since childhood, Sheldon does have some talent in writing, it's just that the environment does not support them. In addition to economic factors of uncertainty, other factors are the father. Once when he sent a poem to a magazine but his father changed his name, because his father did not want to shame when writing her son was rejected by the magazine, though his writings successfully loaded. But on display is not his name, but the name of his brother.

At age 17, Sidney Sheldon had attempted suicide. It is encouraging to do that is because he felt his life was not happy. Actually at that time he has worked in the pharmacy. However, keluargalah atmosphere that makes it not feel at home. Ranging from economic hardship, where his father frequently moved around the workplace, to fight his father and mother. Her goal now is to college and become a writer. But the desire is like hitting the wall, because of family economic circumstances are not supportive.

Interesting story to tell Sheldon attempted suicide. When home from work, he has brought the goods to be claimed his life, namely sleeping pills. Later the pill will be mixed with whiskey. a lethal combination, so Sheldon often hear. coincidence that moment her parents want silaturrahmi to his brother, and sister to stay at a friend's house. When they all had gone, he issued the two goods. Own whiskey he found in the kitchen, belongs to his father. Just about to take the pill, her father suddenly appeared.Both are equally shocked. Sheldon did not think his father would return again. His father did not suspect that Sheldon would end his life time. Her father then asked why he wanted to commit suicide? Looks like Sheldon in his father's views have never experienced the variety in his daily life.

He then took Sheldon streets while advising him.

"Life is like a novel," her father said, "Full of suspense. you do not know what will happen until you open the page ... Every day is a different page, Sidney, and every day can be full of surprises, you never know what will be next before you go to that page. "Said his father at length. From then Sheldon vibrant life again. The words continue dikenangnya until Sheldon moved dusk.

In the next year he won a scholarship to college. But he was excited just entered, he aborted his studies again. This is because the classic problem that is always up to date, namely financial hardship on his family. His mother is forced to become clerk for 6 days a week, helping his father who often could not work, make money he should seek as much by working as much as possible. Starting from pharmacies guards, cleaning service, shopkeepers, and others, he lived.

Starting from the Piano
Mrs. Sheldon was instrumental in the careers kepenulisannya. It was marked from a piano bought for his mother. Piano? yes, piano. At first glance there are not so related.As an adult, his mother bought him a piano, and give lesnya for Sheldon. Sheldon really like playing the piano, and learn to write the lyrics of the song. Once, when at the piano, he created the melody and the words, he then had the inspiration to send a melody and sya'ir-sya'irnya to hotels that have the orchestra. There he will meet with the owner of his orchestra. Perhaps they are just interested in his work, Sheldon thought. The idea that he was embodied by visiting one of the hotel near his home. rather he went to orchestra leaders, named Phil Levant.

Apparently, the leader of the orchestra is like the work of Sheldon. He gave the title of the song My Silent Self. The song was later made his orchestra by Phil Levant. After that work was heard in the city and often repeated.
That was the beginning of the world trail tread Sheldon authorship. But when his name will begin to soar, where he will be invited to work with a well-known songwriter named Max Rich, Sheldon actually shrinking. He feels inferior to cooperate with the writer of the song. He worried the writer will be disappointed in him as the writer knows that he is stupid and only hurt the authors.

That was the beginning of the world would they do that authorship, as well as the end of the world of songwriting. He went back to the original work, namely guard pharmacy, hotel keeper, and so forth.

But it was not long. On arrival of Charley Fine family, where to go to California, he got the idea to go there too, rather he will go to Hollywood. Times only himself lucky, he said to his parents. They also give him a chance. The next day he went with Charley's family.There he lived in boarding houses, lodging house. Columbia Pictures is a film studio's most visited first by Sheldon, because adjacent to the boarding house. The first experience was so valuable to him because from there he knew how to apply for a job in the film. Here is a dialogue when you first went to study film Sheldon.

"My name is Sidney Sheldon. I want to be a writer. Who should I meet? "
"Do you already have an appointment?"
"No, but-"
"Then you can not see anyone."
"There must be someone who can I -"
"Without the promise can not,"

Repercussion for the repulsion he receives. And it was done approximately two weeks.Almost all the studios say as said by the guard's first studio. In Sheldon mind, that was just a different studio, but the guard-guard all the same, because it has the same answer. At the moment did not come to the studio, he was in his room, writing his stories with an old typewriter. During the rejection and was in his room, he had run out of its financial provision. Not infrequently he was hungry so he could not think to pour his ideas into the paper. So, there's no way other than asking for food to his boarding house mother.

One day a friend told me that his rented his friend's sister was accepted as a script reader at MGM studios (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer).
"Readers? what does that mean? "said Sheldon.
"All the studios have a reader," he explained. "They make a synopsis of the stories, so the producers did not bother to read a lot of garbage. If you liked the synopsis, the producers will read the entire book or the play. Some studios have a staff of readers.Some others use a reader from outside. "

Hearing the explanation from his friend, Sheldon then encouraged to make a synopsis of the results of his reading. Incidentally he had just finished reading Steinbeck's work, of Mice and Men. Synopsis book that's used as a tool to offer his services as a reader in a studio film. she sent a synopsis to the six studio. What is immoral, until three days after delivery was not one who responded. Until the fifth day there were only a phone call from the studio Selznick International Studios. They asked Sheldon to make a synopsis of a novel. The novel is the work of the director of studio's 400-page.

Actually Sheldon is a bit hesitant to accept it, because the synopsis should be approximately 30 pages, and should be finished at six o'clock in the evening. But, since this golden opportunity as the initial capital to be a writer, plus they really need the money, so he accepted the offer. After that they did not call him anymore.

Based on that experience, Sheldon then wrote back with movie studios to include the words below:
"At the request of his personal, I just finished a synopsis of a novel to David O. Selznick, and now I am free to do another synopsis ... "
Two days later the phone began to arrive. Sheldon They need to become a freelance script reader, because the reader still they're not able to handle the booming manuscript. It lasted for months.
One day Universal Studios offered himself to work there as a fixed reader. What a happy Sheldon get the offer. Since then his life began to prosper. He was able to pay for boarding on time and can eat with a delicious menu as well. Seeing the development of himself, he phoned his parents to tell the situation was. However, a month later he was laid off because his boss to sell the studio.

But every few days he got an offer to work in Twentieth-Century Fox as a reader fixed again, with a salary of 23 dollars per week. It was very easy to get a job perceived. Her goal is almost accomplished. But he does not have its own work. While working to keep the reader in Twentieth-Century Fox, he and his new friend, Ben Roberts, a new boarding house residents, trying to write novels. Their collaborative works entitled The Dangerous Holiday. The work was accepted by Paramount with the price of one thousand dollars (approximately 10 million dollars). Every other day another work titled South of Panama received by the Producers Releasing Corporation for five hundred dollars, but have also made the script. Collaboration is very impressive, because they could sell two works at once in 24 hours.

Since then his career began to rise. Permanent jobs in Twentieth-Century Fox, he left behind, and ask dismissed only. Flooded ordered items to create a scenario makes it must sleep until early morning. Every night. Almost all the studios need it. All the scenarios working on, ranging from movies, soap operas-sinteron, and events-way TV and other performances.

In a way then, he also concurrently be a screenwriter, director, and producer as well.Extraordinary efforts. Everyone entrusting studio. Because his business is successful.All the works of his hands touch always works. There are no significant failures. But seeing her name terapampang in all areas (screenwriter, producer, copyright, etc.) he was not pleasing to the eye, because it seems so selfish. So he was making a pseudonym, such as Christopher Golato, Devon Alan, and Mark Rowane.

After a bit bored with the world of film and sinetron, while still working in that field, she writes novels. He titled his first novel The Naked Face. The novel was rejected five publishers, and publishers to receive 6 new. When the novel was already in the hands of readers, many reviews out. And most are good by Sheldon is from the New York Times, "The Naked Face is clearly a mystery story best newcomer this year." But the very surprise, he was awarded the Edgar Allan Poe Award.

Compared with other written works, making the novel has a very important element, Sheldon thought, that he had felt a creative freedom not known before. Write screenplays, television shows, or drama is always a collaborative effort. Even if it's written himself, the writer is always working with the players, directors, producers, and musicians.

The novelist is a player, producer, and director. Novelist, Sheldon thought, freedom to create all the words. Could return to the past or forward into the future, giving the characters, soldiers, servants, villas, and others. There is no limit except the limit of imagination itself. He then wrote a second novel titled The Other Side of Midnight who later changed her life became a full-time novelist. Novels that survive in the Best-Seller list for 52 weeks. The Other Side Of Midnight became phenomenal international best-seller extraordinary.

The novel is a different world, the world's mind and heart, Sheldon thought. In the novel, people can create characters and turn it on. According to Sheldon transition from playwright and novelist screenwriter becomes easier than ever imagined, and again the advantages. Sheldon can wander all over the world, do research, meet interesting people, and go to interesting places.

Sheldon sometimes get very emotional letter. This is because they are affected by the novel. Sheldon received a letter from a woman who suffered a massive heart attack and was hospitalized. He forbade her parents and her boyfriend came to see him. He wrote to Sheldon that he just wanted to die. In the room where she was treated there that left a copy of The Other Side Of Midnight, next to his bed. He then read it and dissolve in it, so that he forgot his own problems, and ready to face life again. It is one of the stories contained in the letter. and many other stories.
Sheldon's novels sold in 108 countries and has been translated into 51 languages.

In 1997, the Guinness Book Of Word Records lists his name as the Most Translated Outhor In The Word-writers whose works are most widely translated in the world. His book has sold more than 300 million copies. Sheldon believes that the success of his books because the characters are very real to him and, therefore, evident also for its readers. Readers outside, from other countries to recognize the books of love, hatred, jealousy is understandable emotions of everyone. Universal emotions.

There are the words "pearl" of Sheldon that can be used as motivation for all of us who want to learn from him. "I love writing, and I'm lucky to be doing something I love. I'm sure no one should get credit for any talent that may be owned. Talent is a gift, whether it is for painting, music, or writing, we should be grateful for any talent that has been given to us and work hard with him. "

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Stop being Glass

A Sufi teacher approached a student when her face always looked glum lately.
"Why are you always sad, son? Not a lot of beautiful things in this world? Where did bersyukurmu face?" The Teacher asked.
"Master, lately my life full of problems. It's hard for me to smile. The problem comes as there is no end to," replied the young student.
The Master chuckled. "Son, take a glass of water and two handfuls of salt. Bring me here. Let's fix your mood."

The students also went quietly without spirit. He carried his teacher's request, then back again to bring the glasses and salt as requested.
"Try to take a handful of salt, and put into a glass of water," said the Master.
"After that you try drinking a little water."
The disciples did. Her face was now grinning from drinking salt water.
"How does it feel?" asked the Guru.
"Salty, and my stomach was so sick," replied the student with a face that was still grimacing.
The Teacher giggle see the faces of his pupils who winced salinity.
"Now you come with me." The Teacher brings students to a lake near
their place. "Take the remaining salt, and scatter into the lake." The students spread the remaining handful of salt into the lake, without speaking. Salty taste in his mouth has not gone away. He wants to spit out the salty taste of his mouth, but did not do. It seemed rude not spit in the face of Murshid, so he thought. "Now, let you drink the lake water," said the teacher while looking for a fairly flat stone for the occupation, right on the edge of the lake.
The students cupped his hands, taking water lake, and took it to his mouth and drank it.When cold water lakes and fresh running down his throat, the Guru asked him, "How does it feel?"
"Fresh, very fresh," the student said, wiping his mouth with the back of his hand. Of course, the lake is derived from the flow of water source up there. And the water was flowing into the creek below. And certainly, the lake water also removes the remaining salty taste in his mouth.
"Terasakah taste of salt that you scatter that?"
"Not at all," said the student, taking water and drink it again. The teacher just smiled and watched, letting students drink the water of the lake until satisfied.
"Son," said the teacher after the students finished drinking. "All problems in life are like a handful of salt. Not less, not more. Only a handful of salt. Too many problems and suffering that must be experienced throughout your life that you've dikadar by God, according to you. The amount is fixed, that much-much for it, not reduced and not increased. Every human being is born into this world too. Not a single man, although he was a prophet, which is free from suffering and problems. "
The students fell silent, listening.
"But boy, 'salty taste' of the suffering experienced it depends on the amount of 'heart' (heart) that contain it. So dear, so do not feel pain, stop for a glass. Make it so the heart in your chest at the lake."

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When you face a complex problem, it is easy to pin any blame on God. You will say, Why so many billions of people that you created, why should I who bear the brunt of this issue Lord? Yes, very easy to despair, and think like that. Therefore, when negative thoughts we are in power, we would think of attributing all problems to the Lord and then repent why it should happen to us.
But, believe me, there is always a positive thought that will offer an alternative that is more soothing our souls and make us thankful behind all the problems that afflict us.Grateful that all the problems that can confront us and make us more mature. In short, we will learn about life when we face the problem. 

Get a grip always, that basically every person has a problem, just levels and kinds are different. Someone, for example, are having problems with his family, while others are experiencing financial difficulties. But essentially the same, that is free from problems.Knowingly or not God actually created the problem in accordance with human capabilities. Thus, in dasarna depends on human beings, whether able to handle it or not. Even not only cope with, whether to change for the better or not. 

Addressing the problem or issue, every human being has two ways of responding, there are happy to accept it and some are desperate.
The wisest response is to accept the problem with the roomy chest, do not regret what has happened and always nurture the spirit. Truly, life is a gift, so try to accept gracefully and be happy even though life is sometimes complicated and difficult. Life is struggle, face it he could, find the solution if you have problems or issues. And if not, ask for assistance to the willing and able to solve our problems. 

Very true to say that someone has not tested if the problem has not been tripped.Happiness and true success really begins with the emergence of the problem, but can be overcome with good. We often hear that "behind the difficulties, there is relief".
Love, hate, sadness, and happiness, it all started from our own ideas and stimulation from outside our bodies. All of it goes into our brain which have levels of discretion to consider that the input is pleasant or not. 

No one is happy forever. And vice versa, no one is sad forever. However, there are people who most of his life he felt the happiness, though minimal possessions, let alone the throne. There is also a sense of endless grief, though he was wallowing in wealth and throne. Happy and sad we only actually only dipikiran. We are the ones who make it, would be sad or happy. Yes, sometimes a bit much sekitarlah situation affects our mood. There are people that when feelings of sadness came, she take it out to get closer to the religion, or listen to music, even watch and read funny stories. But, there are also out on negative things, I should not mention here. You can perform other kinds, such as by pleasing the people closest to, which basically do anything positive. Let us since the early-today-recognizing our identity., So that we can become a better person from now. 

One time, Mario Teguh, the motivator and consultant, get someone "vent" about bad experiences they experienced. The man told me that he felt betrayed by someone who has deceived all out. In short, in that connection, he abandoned and thrown away. His heart was sore and painful when remembering the event. Happiness until then disappeared into the earth. The man then asked Mario how to eliminate these feelings. 

The motivator plus konsultas then memberiman solution, that do not complain about the changes happening around us, and blame for our unhappiness. Mario said, "Remember that the main source of unhappiness was the rejection of what had happened. What can you do to the already mentioned 'earlier'? Life you are in a period called the 'now' and is happening now - that the only time that you can use to lead a happy change is now. " 

Yes, I agree with Mario that we are unable to change what has happened, but we still have complete control over what we can do to make anything that happens as an excuse for our best efforts. so, when this is to turn negative energy into positive energy.
Mario also said that if we require the happiness of a state, then we certainly will not be happy in another state. Because change is the name of our life's journey. Therefore we are able to make ourselves happy under any circumstances. 

Taste happy, happy, angry, disappointed is one sense that there is in our hearts. We would prefer if it is happy and feeling happy is not it? But if we still can be happy and pleased even though we had a bad incident? We must realize that we'll never be able to change events in accordance with our wishes. One is for sure, we can determine the sense that appears. That is called setting the liver. Very difficult indeed mempraktikannya, though also really easy.
childhood we have been accustomed to respond to the things that exist in accordance with our perception. We always think that when there is something beyond expectations, the most appropriate response is disappointed or angry. And when can get what we want then we will be pleased and happy. 

Real happiness and true peace does not depend on what happens outside us. The two are quite dependent on the circumstances in us, nor depend on what we have, who we are, our education, our office, and others. Happiness comes with closed eyes.Happiness came to anyone. It's just that sometimes happiness does not come free. We must pass the tests first, or also sometimes do we go after we can get it new. 

Therefore, there are two that we would get within reach of this life in which both must be accepted with sincerity, not only one of them. Two things that are happy and sad / disappointed. Be prepared to accept happiness, but also preparing to accept sorrow.Let us thank the sense that as the two sides of the coin are inseparable. Is not this world a lot of pairs, happiness and disappointment is one of them. Where there is happiness there must be disappointed. Likewise where there's disappointment there must be happiness. 

Happiness is really no need to wait. Taste it now. Happiness can we create this very moment. At first it seemed difficult and artificial. But over time you will get benefits.Feelings and your mind will be much more calm and peaceful. Is not the main purpose of our life is happiness? Whether it's happiness in the world and the Hereafter. Enjoy the happiness that now. Syukurilah our lives how one is, and no matter how much weight we live this life. That way of life we ​​continue to walk with a happy smile. 

Do you measure happiness with material or money? Beware not to get stuck by the apparent happiness. Due to the fact many people are wallowing in wealth rather they feel unhappy. Therefore, realize that happiness is not identical with the money.Happiness is on each circle: upper, middle, and bottom. 

I also realize that it is not easy to do when we are experiencing financial difficulties, we often overwritten profound sadness, a sudden life so hard. But, we must realize that we are the servants of God who has given a gift, that weighing whatever problems we face in accordance with the level that God has given to us. We must be sure of that. God does not give trouble than what we do not overcome. 

There was a good friend told me that once upon a time he wanted to commit suicide.The problem it faces, according to him, so heavy. Coupled with the situation the nation is worse off course in all things, especially in economy. He felt the rich get richer, and vice versa, the poor poorer. 

But as time went by, he started back to consciousness. He set his heart and mind again.And he got enlightenment that life is truly precious. Moreover, he said, when he saw a father who sells bread in the month of fasting dawn of time. He heard the traders who frequent the bread he bought when he was little, in order to continue living. Traders struggled to never give up despite increasingly severe living conditions with the trade of bread at the time the people were dawn.
He also admitted awakened when he saw the street sweeper that most fathers and mothers. Although their face looks tired and burnt by the sun, they continue to live it sincerely without complaining. Yes, they are true fighters. 

So, it would be shame if we are sad (too long) and falls into despair, let alone to want to commit suicide, because the people under our standard of living just so sincere lived his life. They worked hard and there was no time for moping and mourning his misery.Rather than force us out by the negative things that actually will gradually undermine the "world" we are valuable, better channel the positive energy we are without us knowing it will help us find happiness. Let us help others and be assured of our lives will be good also. No matter how small we are doing, you can be assured bawha it will have a great impact on us. 

There was a point when life is likened to seperto wheel, because we sometimes above, sometimes we are under. Sometimes we are sad but sometimes also pleased. When we are under and are always in rundung sad and suffering, be assured that our lives will change for the better. Of course, as long as we continue to strive together with a sincere prayer. Hopefully with the confidence that makes the attitude was always optimistic.Make your heart area of ​​the ocean, not just as narrow glasses.

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Creative in the Middle of Crisis

According Qomaruddin Hidayat, vitamins and trigger the crisis forward. The crisis is an integral part of one's journey and the nation. Through the crisis is usually someone challenged to rise up and answer the obstacles facing the crush of life. Since then the crisis of a nation forced to seek breakthrough thinking and create new innovations and alternatives to build a better future. Various breakthroughs that emerge usually when there are crises that force people to seek solutions.

We can learn from the seeds of fruits. When the seed cells will grow, then there was a crisis in the network of cracks on the surface skin thus paving the way for the development of candidate large tree that is potentially still very small stored in the seed.We can also learn from animal eggs seekora. Chicken eggs, for example, which was hatched will experience a crisis and cracks in the walls so that open doors for chicks that will replace its parent in the future.

In neuropsychological studies, the potential of the human brain actually a lot more untapped and actualized. Network nerves in the brain that serves to collect information as the growth of science has not reached ten per cent are filled. Extraordinary human beings. Able to live in all weather and field conditions.


Human history has always driven forward by a series of crises that occur over time.Without the crisis and challenge, human potential will not appear and teraktualkan.Qomaruddin Hidayat pointed out, "like the villagers who make coconut oil, just by way of being blackmailed in such a way so the new oil will come out. Or rice pounded repeatedly for friction in a certain time so that her skin peeled off and came the rice. "


It's just not a creative idea just came to me. He must be planted, fertilized, and watered in us over the years even during life. To get an idea kreattif, can do several things:- Lots of readingWith a lot of reading, we fill the mind with the materials in the form of pieces of information that can be analogous to like collecting the pieces puzzel. When the series puzzel pieces of information were complete or at least nearly complete, it will look a picture / shape that has a fairly clear meaning that can be a creative idea.


Reading does not have to be books, but can magazines, newspapers, or articles and research journals on the Internet. Importantly, the content quality and fit our needs and interests. The more quality information we get, means more puzzel pieces we treasure.That means an opportunity to gain greater creative ideas. It also helps avoid duplication of effort (by accident) the idea from someone else already realized and / or published earlier.


- Frequently observedObserving is not the same as seeing. Observing is seeing with the eyes and brain. Most people, if you see something interesting objects or events will stop in to see it, without researching. A researcher not just leave it at that, but then think how you can, why, and so on.


- Frequent discussionsDiscuss with others who have an interest, knowledge and skills in the same plane with us is necessary to deepen and broaden horizons. However, it is necessary also discussions with people with interests, knowledge and skills in other fields so that we have a more comprehensive understanding on the aspects surrounding the field that we are interested.


Indeed, every person must be creative so that you appreciated by others. It can be a differentiator between you and other people. Creative people that will raise the image and your self-esteem in the eyes of anyone. Look at how many people around you who have hobbies and interests, but do not want to maximize senderung even turn it off. Due to creative so that they serimg considered mediocre, worthless, no consideration of others, and often were laid off or not used other people. Along with the rotation time, creative people who do not will quickly squashed by the "time" the dam will eventually lower the price themselves.


Sometimes we do not realize, how much God has complete and equip people with the "weapons" are full to fight with life. It was carefully all his calculations. Among his many combat equipment is one of them is: Creativity.


Are you familiar with and even admire, such as; Spielberg, George Lucas, John Grisham, Eminem, KD Lang, Jewel, Allanis Morissete? Or successful entrepreneurs like Bill Gates, HM. Sampoerna, Nicolaus Otto, Gottlieb-Daymler? Or a successful musicians such as Iwan Fals, Joey Ayala, Ahmad Dani, Bimbo, Rhoma Irama, and even Inul Daratista. And tertarikah you to be creative like them? Do you intend to set up a new business, or help the company you work for more advanced and developed? Now, more and more people realize that creativity plays an important role in achieving personal happiness and professional excellence.


Creative people are those who excel in the job, establish new businesses, which find a variety of products. Who built the building and designing houses, which produces films and performances, composing music, painting, and spawned a variety of works of beauty. Creative humans often have a social life exciting and stimulating, interact with many people, and exploring places captivating. Thus they are constantly learning and doing. Creativity is also an important aspect of healthy family environment. The creative parents know how to help children become adults who love and take advantage of life to the fullest.

We generally begin to limit the search and creative abilities at very young age. Usually, began to enter elementary school. Here, little by little, creativity began restrained by traditional education. We sat lined with sweet with twenty or thirty other children. And subject to rigid rules and procedures, which mostly restrict creative thinking skills.


In fact, research proves that we all have the power to be creative in many areas.According to Prof. Howard Gardner of Harvard University in his book Frames of Mind.We are blessed with not just one type of general intelligence, but seven: Verbal / Linguitis: the ability to manipulate words spoken or written; Mathematical / Logical: the ability to manipulate the system of numbers and logical concepts; Spatial: the ability to see and manipulate the patterns and designs; Musical: the ability to understand and manipulate musical concepts, such as tone, rhythm, etc.; bodily-kinesthetic: ability to use body and movement such as in sports or dance; Intrapersonal: the ability to understand the sense of self, likes to reflect and philosophize; Interpersonal: ability to understand other people, thoughts, and feelings they .


Creativity turned out to be something that is important for a nation. Creative thinking is needed in the process of thinking to solve problems. The more creative a person, the more alternative solutions. Thinking is the most important mental instruments. By thinking, we can more easily cope with various problems in life. Thinking creatively is one way that is recommended. That way someone will be able to see the issue from many perspectives.


Coleman & Hammen reveals, there are three general factors that can contribute to support creative thinking. First, cognitive ability. Someone must have high intelligence.For that he must continually develop the intellect.


Second, open attitude. How to think creatively will grow if the person being open to internal and external stimuli. Open attitude can be developed by expanding interests and insights.


Third, attitude-free, autonomous, and confident. Thinking creatively requires freedom of thought and expression. It also requires independence of thought, not tied to authority and existing social convention. Most importantly, she believes in her abilities. Someone who has a high level of creativity, often times produce extraordinary thoughts or ideas, odd, is sometimes considered irrational. In fact, because of fabulosity that, a creative person is considered "crazy". there are similarities between a creative person with a crazy person, because no conventional way of thinking. The difference, creative people capable of stepping thought the cause of enlightenment or solving problems. Meanwhile crazies are not able to do so.

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Memoirs of Extraordinary Women

Humans are like tea bags, to function optimally after "flushing" with the exam. That's the impression I get after reading this memoir Lena Maria; a woman who was born without arms and only one leg is normal. Despite his handicap, tucked a myriad of talent and outstanding achievements. He swimmer, singer, painter, and writer. Each of the talent that has won several achievements and awards from several countries. In this book he related his story all its own.


Lena Maria was born in 1968 in Stockholm, Sweden. At birth, the doctor tells Lena's parents on his condition. Doctors are preparing to offer a sedative if needed due to his parents felt unable to hear the truth. Doctors alone can not guarantee whether Lena able to survive, they must first check whether the internal organs too damaged. The doctor also informed that if Lena survivors, parents were allowed to leave their children with severe disabilities such as Lena in a special institution.


"You have to consider the possibility of having to take care of it for 20 years more, if you decide to take care of themselves," explained the doctor to the parents of Lena.However, his father replied firmly, "Having a hand or not, he'll need a place to live" (p. 23).


Lena's parents solidify his decision to treat and take her home. They are aware that the act is not without risk. They have a lot to talk with officers from the special care institutions, and they also know with certainty that treating children with severe levels of disability as children is a tough and exhausting struggle.


Their decision is really doing. As a result, Lena enjoy her childhood with extraordinary fun. Her parents really gave abundant affection and attention.


It's not easy caring for a disabled child. Perhaps there are also parents who can not afford to do it. But Lena's parents since the beginning determined to best treat it like any other normal child. They regard it as Lena, their daughter who happens to have a shortage-not just children with disabilities. Look at all that they love what they are, not based on what can or can not do. All of it made him feel more confident.


From the beginning, Lena has been encouraged to do whatever he likes. The result, she has never felt anger or regret the circumstances that are not normal. He also did not consider disability as a shameful disgrace. He always thought that he was the same as other humans. It's just that he does everything with a slightly different way. Lena never felt discouraged. He even felt God so loved that he was given the opportunity to live, enjoy life, and create. Indeed, a mature way of thinking. 

Since a toddler, he had taken swimming classes and keep practicing until countless.The result, he was able to become a professional swimmer and often win many medals in various swimming championships. Career peak in the pool was when he followed the Paralympic Games (Olympics for the disabled) 1988 in Seoul, South Korea, with the gold medal.


Besides swimming, Lena also develop their ability in music. And also thanks to the hard training, he was able to penetrate the music college in Stockholm where not everyone can reach it. Seriousness it successfully produced several albums as a professional singer who is in demand, both in Europe, America, and Asia. His career continues to soar. He is frequently invited to conduct concerts in both the domestic and overseas.


In their daily life, Lena was always trying to do something to not be too dependent on help from others. Thus, almost all of the activities he learned, and seems quite successful. Lena could sew, write, paint, driving cars, playing piano, and others. Indeed, everyday life like a normal human. 

The story of his life achievements are counter to his physical condition that attracted some media to make his documentary. And after the film is distributed, all of a sudden a lot of letters came to Lena from various countries. He also frequently receives invitations from various countries. They were amazed to see how Lena could see life in a positive way and how Lena can be successful in various fields, while there are many deficiencies in its possession that would inhibit its activity. The phenomenon of Lena Maria is a picture, role model and the human life lessons from people with disabilities who decide to live their lives independently. He got rid of the impression of low self-esteem, compassion, and misfortune.


In the last chapter, there is a deep reflection on why he managed to overcome his physical imperfections that actually can affect the psychological and social conditions, even more than that Lena can continue to think positive and be successful. First, humans are born different from each other. Lena admitted he is the type of person who when faced with an obstacle, preferring to find a way out rather than just stare at these barriers. He does not like to complicate an already complicated situation.


Second, parents. The attitude of parents who do not consider lack of Lena as a disgrace and always treat it just like other normal children, a lot of help Lena to be able to be himself. They created Lena has a high self-confidence. They encouraged him to achieve success, but still willing to accept failure.

Third, God. Belief in God has become part of self-Lena. Lena learns that he is God's creatures are precious and no matter who he is or how he looked. Some people may deny their faith when faced with such problems. However, Lena believes that God never makes mistakes, and his life is part of God's special plan for him. 


Since the first edition was published in Sweden, this book is then translated into various languages, including Norwegian, Danish, German, French, Thai, Japanese, Estonian, English, Indonesian, and others .

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