hari ini aku mengisi hari dengan ditemani oleh keramahan alam
senyuman langit dan hangat mentari mengiring ku sebagai teman seperjalanan...
ku coba mewarnai hari dengan asa di diri...
sejenak rasa sepi menggigit ujung hati ku, namun semua itu tidaklah terlalu perih ku rasa
sepenggal sunyi terkadang mengusik ruang ceria ku, namun semua itu dapat ku tepiskan dengan mimpi-mimpi ku...
tangan sang hari bergerak perlahan menuju tengah hari, dan semakin banyak pelajaran yang ku dapat untuk mempercantik batin diri
ku coba bersahabat dengan kesunyian dan kesendirian ku,
ku coba berjabat erat dengan ruang diam dalam hatiku
ku coba berdiri di pentas kesukacitaan bersama dengan tarian riangnya
ya, tarian riang yang dapat menjadikan hari-hari ku lebih bersemarak yang ku dapatkan dari pengertian akan arti sebenarnya dari suatu hubungan dengan sesama..
meski kerap kali aku merasakan kesunyian di tengah hiruk pikuk sukacita itu sendiri
dan tak urung ku rasakan kesedihan ditengah senyum tawa yang mengoles bibir hatiku...
April 12, 2006
Lesson in Life
There was a man who had four sons. He wanted his sons to learn not to judge things too quickly. So he sent them each on a quest, in turn, to go and look at a pear tree that was a great distance away.
The first son went in the winter, the second in the spring, the third in summer, and the youngest son in the fall.
When they had all gone and come back, he called them together to describe what they had seen.
The first son said that the tree was ugly, bent, and twisted.
The second son said no it was covered with green buds and full of promise.
The third son disagreed; he said it was laden with blossoms that smelled so sweet and looked so beautiful, it was the most graceful thing he had ever seen.
The last son disagreed with all of them; he said it was ripe and drooping with fruit, full of life and fulfillment.
The man then explained to his sons that they were all right, because they had each seen but only one season in the tree's life.
He told them that you cannot judge a tree, or a person, by only one season, and that the essence of who they are and the pleasure, joy, and love that come from that life can only be measured at the end, when all the seasons are up.
If you give up when it's winter, you will miss the promise of your spring, the beauty of your summer, fulfillment of your fall.
Moral:
Don't let the pain of one season destroy the joy of all the rest. Don't judge life by one difficult season. Persevere through the difficult patches and better times are sure to come some time or later.
The first son went in the winter, the second in the spring, the third in summer, and the youngest son in the fall.
When they had all gone and come back, he called them together to describe what they had seen.
The first son said that the tree was ugly, bent, and twisted.
The second son said no it was covered with green buds and full of promise.
The third son disagreed; he said it was laden with blossoms that smelled so sweet and looked so beautiful, it was the most graceful thing he had ever seen.
The last son disagreed with all of them; he said it was ripe and drooping with fruit, full of life and fulfillment.
The man then explained to his sons that they were all right, because they had each seen but only one season in the tree's life.
He told them that you cannot judge a tree, or a person, by only one season, and that the essence of who they are and the pleasure, joy, and love that come from that life can only be measured at the end, when all the seasons are up.
If you give up when it's winter, you will miss the promise of your spring, the beauty of your summer, fulfillment of your fall.
Moral:
Don't let the pain of one season destroy the joy of all the rest. Don't judge life by one difficult season. Persevere through the difficult patches and better times are sure to come some time or later.
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