A Beautiful and A Meaningful Life (Poem Recital)

This is a poem that I dedicated for my parents (Oey Suzy Wirawaty and Susanto Iwan) for their love, support, and commitment to raise my siblings and I whether we are successful or failed. Despite our geographical distances, they are always in my mind and close to my heart. 

POEM: 

A Meaningful and Beautiful Life 

Travel the world and it will open up our perspectives
Live a life that is rich with experiences
Filled with passion and sincere love
Work diligently with discipline
To become a person of word and action

Be responsible of our decisions 
Learn from small mistakes to avoid big mistakes
Write truthfully like a scholar
Think deeply, creatively, and critically
Yet, always maintain a pure heart as soft as a dove and 
as solid as a rock 

Be sincere with our motivation
Dare to take risk
Use our talents wisely
Care for the others
Love passionately
Live with dignity 
Act with integrity, and 

Finally be able to convince ourselves
that we have no regret in life
for God created us with a purpose
to live a meaningful and beautiful life
that will be pleasing in Heavenly eyes.

                                                                           Thank you Lord for the opportunity
                                                                           to live in Your wonderful world,
                                                                                          Ailin Iwan
                                                                           Original version was written in 
                                                                           Summer 2010, after a school exchange trip
                                                                           to Hong Kong when I still lived in San Francisco