TRANSPARENCY

Communication is one of the fundamental keys to transparency, so I always try to reach out
in order to connect and keep a healthy relationship with the people around me.

Being a peace seeker is a difficult task that involves sacrifice. I despise the thought of
resentment, especially when people seem to dislike something but do not express it.

I recall hearing that one of my classmates was slandering me because he did not like the
output we produced for our group; he claimed to have a better concept, but he never
presented it. So I reached out and attempted to explain the value of communication and how
it helps our group interaction – the importance of being transparent.

GODLINESS
To some, CoVid-19 was just a pure distraction to life and society, so as to me -- at first.

I used to be so addicted to the idea of ​the future, I was engrossed and wanted to chase it so
much that the idea of a pandemic did not comfort my expectations. Being caged at home
because outside is at a loss brought me, unproductiveness, directionless, dilly-dally life that
resulted into depression; I was freshly graduate, then, and I decided to stop a year and gave
up the idea of chasing the future because I knew that I could not handle the gloom I was
experiencing that time, always in salted-eyes, hopeless.
To cut your social life is a big decision, however, I wanted to seek peace and to seek who I
really am but I could not bear to give up my own sanity and life so I had to give up what I
thought I only have, my friends.

That year where I became none to myself, I tried so hard to grasp even a bit of faith just so I
could motivate myself to hold on, and to lit that faith more, I practised myself to attend
church and participate in every fellowship that we're going during those times until I realised I
was growing, little by little I was surviving, and I was convinced that maybe the pandemic
was His way to call and remind me that I should not worry too much because He holds my
future, and a future by His side is with comfort and contentment.

Thus, I took things slowly, and patiently. I found that pandemic is something bad, however I
made good out of it l, and I was happy. Though, there are still random times where I'm afraid
to walk again, I just need to trace God's path, because His steps never disappoint. Without
faith, we're just blindly hoping that our circumstances will turn around. Faith in God -- that He
has a plan for this world and for my life, that He is actively working, that He will one day set
everything right gives my perseverance meaning.

Finally, I realised that I also have my family and that I deepen my roots when I lean on my
own family. The people around me who love and care for me are invaluable resources, I just
need to ask help to them because, at the very first, they never expected me to handle my
problems on my own, they are just there, waiting for me to seek for their help and I should
trust and have faith in them because to they always did.
COMPETENCY
Having confidence and faith in my own capability requires effort.

Being a student leader during high-school is a big responsibility, I never thought that I was
something great for something. When one of my seniors in high-school encouraged me to
join a school organisation, I was hesitant, because I was not really confident with my ability
to lead and be a good example to my schoolmates. It was a hard, and challenging, decision
to make.

Later on, I tried so hard to have confidence, and to believe in my ability because every
experience holds lessons that can mould me to become a better version of myself.

EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFICIENCY

The result of the success of a certain thing is because of the effectiveness and efficiency of
the effort you extracted.

I was a consistent honour student during high-school, moreso, I know that I am not only
studying, I am also exerting good effort to achieve that consistency. To achieve success is to
become resourceful and flexible, which are something hard to maintain. There is no sense of
doing something if you have no passion for it - nothing is deliciously-sweet when it's
half-baked.

Thus, we need to be mindful on the things we do to achieve effectiveness and efficiency.