God, grant me the serenity to accept the things i cannot change; the courage to change the things i can;and the wisdom to know the difference.

–Reinhold Niebuhr

A very simple prayer, yet with a very deep meaning. Don’t try to change anything. It will only increase your stress level, and soon or later, will kill you!

Before try to change anything, you must accept the situation. It happens already, nothing you can do to reverse it. By accepting the situation, it will significantly reduce your stress level, and help to clear your mind.

Once you regain your mind, start thinking of solution. With clear mind, you will be able to analyze the situation better, and come up with solution to prevent things from getting worse, and make recovery action. With cluttered mind, your solution will be less effective.

(Special Thanks to my Lecturer, Mr Ignas Sidik, for citing this prayer and its meaning in this evening class)

I heard the word for the first time on a label of a Christmas CD. Looks like Christmas came so early this year that they played Christmas carol on first week of November

I Google the word. It is a term used to refer the southeaster part of us. It is where New Orleans, the birthplace of jazz music. The Dixieland jazz refers to jazz music, characterized by marching band music and trumpet.

I haven’t been there, and didn’t do another research, to let my imagination works. I’d love to been the street, with small cafes lining on its side. In the evening, sitting in one of the cafe, with a good book or just watching people passing by, accompanied by street band playing the Dixieland jazz

Even better probably early December. The weather is not so cold, the evening is long, and they played a Christmas carol jazz. Everyone sit and have a great time. Perfect