reflection

Banyak orang bilang kalo kita itu harus selalu berjalan ke depan...terus...terus...dan terus.... berlari mengejar masa depan yang cemerlang. Begitulah biasanya nasihat orang tua. Semakin lama, persaingan untuk mendapatkan masa depan yang cemerlang itu sepertinya semakin ketat. Semua orang berlomba-lomba untuk sekolah setinggi mungkin, dan mungkin mendapatkan gaji sebesar mungkin. Sepertinya, semua yang kita punya tidak pernah cukup. Normal memang, karena kita adalah manusia biasa.


Semua orang berharap, tujuan bisa dicapai secepat mungkin, dengan cara semudah mungkin. Kayak nyetir di jalan tol aja, ngebut, mungkin mobilnya dibawa 120-140km/jam siapa tau bandung-jakarta bisa dicapai hanya dalam 1 jam saja. Tapi inget, sekencang apapun mobil kita bisa lari, semuanya punya spion. spion ini berfungsi untuk kita ngintip ke belakang, siapa tau ada yang mau nyalip, atau biar gak nabrk kalo parkir. Tapi, banyak juga yang bilang jangan terlalu sering liat spion, ntar nabrak yang di depan. which means, jangan terlalu melihat ke masa lalu biar kita bisa lebih konsentrasi ke masa depan.


Di tengah semua kesibukan, ambisi, mimpi, jadwal padet, ujian, dan lain-lain, kadang kita dah gak sempet lagi noleh ke belakang. future...future...future... itu kata kuncinya. Tapi coba deh menepi sebentar, berhenti sejenak, dan balikkan badan. Kalo dari spion kita cuma bisa liat separo-separo, kalo kita berhenti kita bisa liat lebih luas. Namanya, refleksi. Apa aja sih yang udah kita lewatin dalam perjalanan hidup kita selama ini?


Gak semuanya orang suka melihat ke belakang, karena seringkali tenryata di belakang kita itu ada kecelakaan maut dengan banyak korban jiwa. Tapi kita selamat kan melewati kecelakaan itu? Justru karena ada kecelakaan itu kan kita dapet kesempatan untuk belajar gimana menghindari kecelakaan? Atau ternyata ketika kita melihat ke belakang, kita lihat pemandangan indah, gunung, bukit, sawah, merasakan angin semilir. Membuat kita berpikir bahwa hidup yang kita lalui itu indah bukan? Atau jangan-jangan atar belakangnya pemandangan indah, tapi di jalannya ada kecelakaan. Berarti hidup itu seimbang.


See the mountain and the green hills, absorb the feeling, enjoy the moment. Remember what cause the deadly accident, learn from it, avoid it in the future.Recharge your energy, fill your soul with spirit. Now turn around. what do you see? yes still a long way to go. Now turn your car on, drive it fast but carefully and go for your destination. Next time you feel tired again, stop, and look behind. Best luck for you always.

I finally make my own shelf and the pholosophy behind it

Two of my friends said that I won’t succeed in making my new knock down book shelf and they are wrong. I DIT IT! just like a song: All by my self. You may ask why is it important for me to tell you I did it. The answer is because I found a quite interesting philosophy behind the process of making my shelf.

Those who ever visited my room know how messy it is. I decided to buy a shelf. It must be a knock down of course since I rent a room, I plan to move to another place in the next half year and a solid shelf won’t help my moving out process.

At first I was going to ask one of my friend to help me making the shelf. I did ask him actually. But then I started to think that knock down furniture is designed to make people’s life easier just like any other modern appliances. I told two of my friends that I’m going to make it all by my self, and they said I won’t make it. I don’t deny that I have a “petite” body and I have no experience before in assembling any kind o furniture. I am better in destroying stuff than making it actually. So I told my friend that I’ll try to make it first, if I failed then I’ll ask for his help. But in my heart, I really want to prove anyone who doubts me that they are WRONG. I couldn’t find a hammer so Rezka gave me some kind of wooden stick to replace it. I also borrowed Eve’s swiss army knife which was very helpful since I don’t have a screwdriver.

I used my Sunday morning to make my shelf. The manual said that it only needs one person and 30 minutes to make it. I started making it at 9.40. The first process was to put all screws in place. It was easy. I only need to use the wooden stick and the screwdriver. The next step was to attach each part to each other. That was the hardest part. I knock one side, it ruins the other side. I deal with the upper side, the lower side messed up. But I don’t want to fail, I just want to prove those who believe I’ll fail, that they’re wrong. Finally the shelf is done and it's 11.30. I need around 2 hours to finish it, and it was not even perfect. But I am highly satisfied. Why? Because I DIT IT ALL BY MY SELF. Next time I have to make a similar shelf, I'll do it better and faster.

This is the lesson I learnt and I want to share with you my friends. NEVER EVER let people decide what you can and what you can not do, what you are capable or what you are not capable of. You know your self better, you set the parameter, not others. Try your best shot first, then you decide whether you’re gonna give up or not. But NEVER EVER say give up at the very beginning. If people doubt you, prove them that they’re wrong. But the most important part is be confident to your self, trust your self. If you don’t then who will? Then show others or even the world.

Happiness

Extra ordinary happiness is

When my words motivate people

When my hug warmth others

When my hands help my friends

When my jokes make people laugh

Extra ordinary happiness is when I could make other people happy