Something to Reach

Something to Reach

People living in this world must be having their own dreams to reach

Travelling to a beautiful place, being a famous artist, having a happy family, signing in a best job, founding a good company or etcetera

Many persons could get it easily but not a few people who get it harder need more effort to realize it

Sometimes we feel we have given the best way and effort but the result is yet to be good

Many times we try, we evaluate, we retry but still the plan is not to be as what we want

Finally, the people barely get their spirit up but they lose it

In several cases, people often forget to involve the GOD in their every dream and aim

By that no success which will come to them but a failure and desperation 

Whereas involving our GOD in every prayer and effort are the best ways to make our wishes happen

Just believing with a strong faith in GOD’s miracle

Assuring your heart and strengthening your belief

That He will give us what we need, not what we want

If the time is not appropriate yet,

Then we must wait and be patient while keep trying until the proper time comes

Do not be jealous and envious of what people have and what people reach

Always think positively that maybe you also have what people don’t and what people need

Indeed, the GOD always knows better than us and never gets wrong for our best life

In the another hand

The first and the biggest mistake we made in this life is to assume that this universe is the most precious and important thing to reach

But we always forget that the life after (this) life is the true something we must reach

So much so that we all disposed never feel sufficient and grateful in what we have

Getting busy to chase a fake life and not to prepare our real life which will come soon

So that start from now, please change our mindset from thinking to reach something in this life to thinking to reach blissful and blessed life in the after-life

"Because this universe is just a sec and just a joke"

The Spirit of Bhinneka

THE SPIRIT OF BHINNEKA

More than 17.000 islands, 250 millions people, 1300 tribes, 5 religions, 700 languages and a thousand cultures remarkably describes that Indonesia is one of the biggest countries in the world. Having various cultures can be an advantage for a nation, but it is possible to be a disadvantage if people in there can’t respect the difference one another. 

I am an Indonesian and so proud of being the people of Indonesia. Feeling the differences and varieties which have become the identity of Indonesia has made me more grateful. My blood divided by two cultures, and two traditions –Java and Gorontalo- always teaches me to believe that the differences can be united and beautiful.

All along of my life, I met many friends having the different ethnic groups and religion with me. I am a muslim, and have a good relation with Christians, Buddhists and Hindu people. The experience was so amazing, moreover I spent my time mostly with Makassar, Bugis, Toraja and Tionghoa people, because I lived in south Celebes since I was a kid. As long as that time, I never got bad treatment from the others -the native people there - about the culture. Also, never watching occasion which showed disrespectful behavior between the minority and majority by my own self in my socialization. 

Even though we can’t disprove that in every difference occurred will give the challenge and problems to us to face. In the real moment, occasionally a number of Indonesians still don’t understand yet how to act and tolerate wisely with the thing which is different with them and they disagree with the other people.  But, still exist until the number appointing 71 years as a one nation today has proved that we have successfully answered most of the challenges. 

We can’t resist and must admit that Indonesia built by our heroes from a whole of nation many years ago contains of various and a lot of cultures and differences. According to the history, it’s easy for us properly to accept the difference among us by convincing Indonesia would never be Indonesia even if losing just one ethnic/tribe of us. Because nobody is perfect, so that we need the others to complete us. That’s why our founding father created a motto ‘Bhinneka Tunggal Ika” which means unity in diversity as our guidance to develop our nation with the spirit of togetherness. 

This nation will never be great if its people can’t still appreciate the difference among us such us the others’ ethnic, language, tradition, and definitely religion. Don’t want to be involved in every situation such as politic issue and self or group-interest which has a bad purpose and bad effect to destroy our harmony in national society.
 

We should assume the difference we had as our positive opportunity to soar aloft as a big nation. We have to see our variety as the precious asset we must watch over. We must make our diversity become our advantages for us to live in peace. And we must implement the true spirit of Bhinneka Tunggal Ika as well as what our founding father think and hope to us.

“Kemerdekaaan adalah hasil dari segenap perjuangan rakyat. Maka itu pula menjadi pikiran Bapak, negara Republik Indonesia ini bukan milik satu golongan, bukan milik sesuatu agama, bukan milik sesuatu suku, bukan milik sesuatu golongan adat-istiadat, tetapi milik kita semua dari Sabang sampai ke Merauke! Perjuangan untuk merebut kemerdekaan ini dijalankan oleh semua bangsa Indonesia.

Alat perekat batin yang utama bagi bangsa Indonesia adalah Pancasila. Ingat, kita ini bukan dari satu suku bangsa, bukan dari satu suku adat istiadat. Ingat, kita bukan dari satu agama. Bhinneka Tunggal Ika, berbeda-beda tetapi satu jua, demikianlah tertulis di lambang Negara kita. Ingat, kita ini ‘Bhinneka’, dan untuk mempersatukan bangsa yang berbeda-beda itu diperlukan satu ‘semen batin’ yang dapat menyemen seluruh bangsa Indonesia yang beraneka warna itu, dari Sabang sampai Merauke, dari Miangas sampai ke Numodale, adalah Pancasila.”

-Ir. Soekarno-

So let’s make all of differences become a beauty and unity for our Indonesia.

May God blesses Indonesia! 

MERDEKA!

The New Beginning

The New Beginning

Every time entering a new year, people usually have some new resolutions to do. The resolutions are to make their life better exactly such as to leave a bad habit, to start a new business, to start or finish study, to try some new things which are never done and even to find an appropriate person who will be a good spouse.

As we know, Becoming a good person than the past time does not have to wait until the moment of a new year, in as much as we can every time change ourselves to be a better person.

The point is how much time we spend to make our lives more productive. Currently, people will ask about how can we do that ? and the answer is just to begin what thing you assume as the best one. If you think you should try to learn cooking once just try to be in the kitchen and start cooking. If you feel you wanna make either an article or take a beautiful scenery picture, it is enough to think of your plans once, and then just do and enjoy it. Don’t waste your time to consider and worry too much every bad possibility which will happen cause all bad possibilities may not happen and so do all good possibilities. 

Leonardo Da Vinci definitely does not make an awesome portrayal like Mona Lisa in his first attempt. David Beckham was impossible to make an astonishing banana kick when he tried it for the first time. We do too. Just start doing your plan and then look how it runs. Just to be more little bit different and unique than the others will make it looks great instead of following the common way. If it needs to be evaluated so just fix it. Don’t be afraid to make a mistake. Because a mistake can transform to become an advantage if you manage it well. The more you try the more you seek to understand. ‘Sometime we don’t need to be able to start doing something, but just start doing something then we will be able.” 

By that just stay focus on your life today and tomorrow once take your assured pace to start your fascinating new beginning now. As the world will never wait you for longer…