I know very well that the Jakarta Post normally dedicates its Opinion pages to strategic issues such as political, social and economic issues. Some readers may protest to the editors for allowing an article on Lupus disease to appear in this section. But, believe me, discussing this issue is no less strategic than issues of our presidential election, or the ongoing global economic collapse.

For anyone, including politicians who are losing their power or business people who are seeing their companies collapse, this article is about hope, about the need for self-healing, and to accept the most bitter parts of life and live with them happily.