Kalimat "Cape Deh" dan "Emang Gue Pikirin", sudah menjadi kalimat yang umum diucapkan. Malah untuk "Emang Gue Pikirin" sudah ada singkatannya, EGP, yang semua orang sudah langsung mafhum. Kedua kalimat itu begitu ringan diucapkan, namun sebenarnya jika ditelaah lebih jauh, merefleksikan sikap umum orang Indonesia, yang sayangnya negatif.
Mohon maaf sebelumnya untuk yang sering mengucapkan ya.. Saya juga kadang-kadang mengucapkan, tapi mudah-mudahan ke depan bisa dihilangkan :-)
"Cape Deh" mencerminkan sikap malas, menghindari pekerjaan, berkontribusi minimal (tapi mengharap hasil maksimal), mudah menyerah, dan tidak bersemangat. Dan memang demikian pada umumnya sikap orang Indonesia. Kalau ada pembagian tugas, cenderung memilih yang ringan, lalu bisa cepat istirahat. Kalau ada pekerjaan, dihadapi dengan setengah hati, dikerjakan sekenanya, lalu segera istirahat. Orang Indonesia cenderung tidak memandang bekerja sebagai hal yang terhormat. Bekerja dianggap melelahkan, berkonotasi kalangan bawah. Kalangan atas bersantai dan dilayani.
"Emang Gue Pikirin", menunjukkan sikap apatis, tidak peduli, juga ada unsur malas, mementingkan diri sendiri, egois, dan oportunis, juga tidak punya rasa malu dan rasa bersalah. Hal ini mudah sekali terlihat di sekitar kita. Orang saling berebutan jalur di jalan, orang menyerobot di antrian, si kaya jor joran padahal di sekitarnya banyak orang yang kurang mampu.
Memang, saya yakin tidak semua orang Indonesia seperti itu. Namun, menjamurnya kalimat ini akan semakin memperluas sikap-sikap buruk tadi. Coba kita lihat lagi kalimat-kalimat lain yang sempat ngetop juga. Gubrak, Sumpe Lo, Jayus, Lebay, misalnya. Mana ya, yang berkonotasi produktif, membangkitkan semangat?
Oya ada satu yang bagus, yang dimasyarakatkan oleh Pandji, "Bisa!". Tapi sayangnya kurang bergaung menjadi bahasa gaul ya?
Yuk kita mulai, saya coba usul beberapa kalimat yang mudah-mudahan cukup "menjual" untuk jadi trend :-)
Semangat Jaya! (disampaikan kepada orang yang sedang kurang bersemangat)
Kerja Dooong! (diucapkan dengan bangga oleh seseorang yang sedang sibuk)
Malu Kalee! (diucapkan kepada orang yang melakukan kesalahan/pelanggaran)
Boleh Aaah! (diucapkan oleh seseorang yang sukses melakukan sesuatu, yang sering dianggap "lebay" oleh yang lain)
Kalau ada ide kata-kata lain, silakan digaungkan di pergaulan, diusulkan di sini juga boleh, nanti kita gaungkan di sini :-) Atau kalau punya teman yang selebriti atau tokoh masyarakat, bisa tolong dititipkan untuk menggaungkan :-) Mudah-mudahan diawali dengan kalimat-kalimat ringan, pelan-pelan kita bisa memperbaiki sikap seluruh bangsa Indonesia.
Wehehe.. Boleh aahh, bercita-cita setinggi langit :-) Kita sebagai orang tua, paling tidak bisa memulainya untuk anak-anak kita. Kalaulah orang-orang dewasa Indonesia sudah tidak bisa diubah, paling tidak kita punya harapan bahwa generasi mendatang akan lebih baik. Oke sementara itu dulu. Mungkin ada yang tanya, "Kok udahan?". Saya akan jawab, "Udah dulu ya. Boleh aah. Mau kerja doong. Masak email-emailan terus. Malu kaleee." :-)
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Sunday, April 10, 2011
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
When I See You Smile - Dibayangkan Dengan Cara Lain
Ini sebenernya lagu cinta, di jaman saya masih muda dulu *halah..
Tapi teksnya bisa diarahkan jadi lagu spiritual, memberi semangat, dengan kita ganti "you" nya dengan Allah..
Walaupun kita tidak bisa mengandaikan Allah tersenyum, saya coba bayangkan ketika itu Allah ridha dengan yang kita jalani..
Selamat membayangkan dan selamat bersemangat.. :-)
Oya saya ambil liriknya dari googling, mohon maaf kalau ada salah2 kata..
When I See You Smile
Bad English
Sometimes I wonder
How I'd ever make it through,
Through this world without having you
I just wouldn't have a clue
'Cause sometimes it seems
Like this world's closing in on me,
And there's no way of breaking free
And then I see you reach for me
Sometimes I wanna give up
I wanna give in,
I wanna quit the fight
And then I see you, baby
And everything's alright, everything's alright
When I see you smile
I can face the world,
oh oh, you know I can do anything
When I see you smile
I see a ray of light,
oh oh, I see it shining right through the rain
When I see you smile
Oh yeah, baby when I see you smile at me
Baby there's nothing
in this world that could ever do
What a touch of your hand can do
It's like nothing that I ever knew
And when the rain is falling
I don't feel it, 'cause you're here with me now
And one look at you baby
Is all I'll ever need, you're all I'll ever need
Chorus
Sometimes I wanna give up
I wanna give in,
I wanna quit the fight
And then I see you baby
And everything's alright, everything's alright
So right...
Tapi teksnya bisa diarahkan jadi lagu spiritual, memberi semangat, dengan kita ganti "you" nya dengan Allah..
Walaupun kita tidak bisa mengandaikan Allah tersenyum, saya coba bayangkan ketika itu Allah ridha dengan yang kita jalani..
Selamat membayangkan dan selamat bersemangat.. :-)
Oya saya ambil liriknya dari googling, mohon maaf kalau ada salah2 kata..
When I See You Smile
Bad English
Sometimes I wonder
How I'd ever make it through,
Through this world without having you
I just wouldn't have a clue
'Cause sometimes it seems
Like this world's closing in on me,
And there's no way of breaking free
And then I see you reach for me
Sometimes I wanna give up
I wanna give in,
I wanna quit the fight
And then I see you, baby
And everything's alright, everything's alright
When I see you smile
I can face the world,
oh oh, you know I can do anything
When I see you smile
I see a ray of light,
oh oh, I see it shining right through the rain
When I see you smile
Oh yeah, baby when I see you smile at me
Baby there's nothing
in this world that could ever do
What a touch of your hand can do
It's like nothing that I ever knew
And when the rain is falling
I don't feel it, 'cause you're here with me now
And one look at you baby
Is all I'll ever need, you're all I'll ever need
Chorus
Sometimes I wanna give up
I wanna give in,
I wanna quit the fight
And then I see you baby
And everything's alright, everything's alright
So right...
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Inspirasi Satu Jam
Pagi ini saya menerima pesan dari seorang teman, bagus sekali. Saya copy paste di sini ya.
Kepada penulis awalnya, saya mohon izin ya, karena saya tidak memperoleh informasi penulis awalnya. Oya saya edit sedikit beberapa katanya supaya sesuai dengan yang saya suka :-)
Selamat terinspirasi.. :-)
Inspirasi Satu Jam
(Dialog kecil mempunyai arti besar )
Suatu hari seorang anak kecil datang kepada ayahnya dan bertanya :
"Apakah kita bisa hidup tidak berdosa selama hidup kita...?"
Ayahnya memandang kepada anak kecil itu dan berkata :
"Tidak, Nak..."
Putri kecil ini kemudian memandang ayahnya dan berkata lagi...
"Apakah kita bisa hidup tanpa berdosa dalam setahun...?"
Ayahnya kembali menggelengkan kepalanya, sambil tersenyum kepada putrinya.
"Oh Ayah, bagaimana kalau 1 bulan, apakah kita bisa hidup tanpa melakukan kesalahan...?"
Ayahnya tertawa...
"Mungkin tidak bisa juga, Nak..."
"OK Ayah, ini yang terakhir kali... Apakah kita bisa hidup tidak berdosa dalam 1 jam saja...?"
Akhirnya ayahnya mengangguk.
"Kemungkinan besar, bisa, Nak..."
Anak ini tersenyum lega...
"Jika demikian, aku akan hidup benar dari jam ke jam, Ayah...
Lebih mudah menjalaninya, dan aku akan menjaganya dari jam ke jam, sehingga aku dapat hidup dengan benar... "
Pernyataan ini mengandung kebenaran sejati...
Marilah kita hidup dari waktu ke waktu, dengan memperhatikan cara kita menjalani hidup ini...
Dari latihan yang paling kecil dan sederhana sekalipun...
Akan menjadikan kita terbiasa...
Dan apa yang sudah biasa kita lakukan akan menjadi sifat...
Dan sifat akan berubah jadi karakter...
Dan karakter akan menjadi destiny...
Hiduplah 1 jam tanpa :
Tanpa kemarahan,
Tanpa hati yang jahat,
Tanpa pikiran negatif,
Tanpa menjelekkan orang,
Tanpa keserakahan,
Tanpa pemborosan,
Tanpa kesombongan,
Tanpa kebohongan,
Tanpa kepalsuan...
Lalu ulangi lagi untuk 1 jam berikutnya...
Hiduplah 1 Jam Dengan :
Dengan kasih sayang kepada sesama...
Dengan damai,
Dengan kesabaran,
Dengan kelemah lembutan,
Dengan kemurahan hati,
Dengan kerendahan hati..
Dengan ketulusan kita belajar dari sekarang...
Semoga kita bisa memulainya ....
Aamiin..
Kepada penulis awalnya, saya mohon izin ya, karena saya tidak memperoleh informasi penulis awalnya. Oya saya edit sedikit beberapa katanya supaya sesuai dengan yang saya suka :-)
Selamat terinspirasi.. :-)
Inspirasi Satu Jam
(Dialog kecil mempunyai arti besar )
Suatu hari seorang anak kecil datang kepada ayahnya dan bertanya :
"Apakah kita bisa hidup tidak berdosa selama hidup kita...?"
Ayahnya memandang kepada anak kecil itu dan berkata :
"Tidak, Nak..."
Putri kecil ini kemudian memandang ayahnya dan berkata lagi...
"Apakah kita bisa hidup tanpa berdosa dalam setahun...?"
Ayahnya kembali menggelengkan kepalanya, sambil tersenyum kepada putrinya.
"Oh Ayah, bagaimana kalau 1 bulan, apakah kita bisa hidup tanpa melakukan kesalahan...?"
Ayahnya tertawa...
"Mungkin tidak bisa juga, Nak..."
"OK Ayah, ini yang terakhir kali... Apakah kita bisa hidup tidak berdosa dalam 1 jam saja...?"
Akhirnya ayahnya mengangguk.
"Kemungkinan besar, bisa, Nak..."
Anak ini tersenyum lega...
"Jika demikian, aku akan hidup benar dari jam ke jam, Ayah...
Lebih mudah menjalaninya, dan aku akan menjaganya dari jam ke jam, sehingga aku dapat hidup dengan benar... "
Pernyataan ini mengandung kebenaran sejati...
Marilah kita hidup dari waktu ke waktu, dengan memperhatikan cara kita menjalani hidup ini...
Dari latihan yang paling kecil dan sederhana sekalipun...
Akan menjadikan kita terbiasa...
Dan apa yang sudah biasa kita lakukan akan menjadi sifat...
Dan sifat akan berubah jadi karakter...
Dan karakter akan menjadi destiny...
Hiduplah 1 jam tanpa :
Tanpa kemarahan,
Tanpa hati yang jahat,
Tanpa pikiran negatif,
Tanpa menjelekkan orang,
Tanpa keserakahan,
Tanpa pemborosan,
Tanpa kesombongan,
Tanpa kebohongan,
Tanpa kepalsuan...
Lalu ulangi lagi untuk 1 jam berikutnya...
Hiduplah 1 Jam Dengan :
Dengan kasih sayang kepada sesama...
Dengan damai,
Dengan kesabaran,
Dengan kelemah lembutan,
Dengan kemurahan hati,
Dengan kerendahan hati..
Dengan ketulusan kita belajar dari sekarang...
Semoga kita bisa memulainya ....
Aamiin..
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
A Good Message
Pagi ini saya terima email bagus sekali dari milis asiforbaby. Saya copy paste ya. Semoga bermanfaat :-)
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This is a powerful message in our modern society. We seemed to have lost our bearing & our sense of direction.
*
One young academically excellent person went to apply for a managerial position in a big company.
He passed the first interview, the director did the last interview, made the last decision.
The director discovered from the CV that the youth's academic achievements were excellent all the way, from the secondary school until the postgraduate research, never had a year when he did not score.
The director asked, "Did you obtain any scholarships in school?"
The youth answered "none".
The director asked, " Was it your father who paid for your school fees?"
The youth answered, "My father passed away when I was one year old, it was my mother who paid for my school fees.
The director asked, " Where did your mother work?"
The youth answered, "My mother worked as clothes cleaner. The director requested the youth to show his hands. The youth showed a pair of hands that were smooth and perfect.
The director asked, " Have you ever helped your mother wash the clothes before?"
The youth answered, "Never, my mother always wanted me to study and read more books. Furthermore, my mother can wash clothes faster than me."
The director said, "I have a request. When you go back today, go and clean your mother's hands, and then see me tomorrow morning.*
The youth felt that his chance of landing the job was high. When he went back, he happily requested his mother to let him clean her hands. His mother felt strange, happy but with mixed feelings, she showed her hands to the kid.
The youth cleaned his mother's hands slowly. His tear fell as he did that. It was the first time he noticed that his mother's hands were so wrinkled, and there were so many bruises in her hands. Some bruises were so painful that his mother shivered when they were cleaned with water.
This was the first time the youth realized that it was this pair of hands that washed the clothes everyday to enable him to pay the school fee. The bruises in the mother's hands were the price that the mother had to pay for his graduation, academic excellence and his future.
After finishing the cleaning of his mother hands, the youth quietly washed all the remaining clothes for his mother.
That night, mother and son talked for a very long time.
Next morning, the youth went to the director's office.
The Director noticed the tears in the youth's eyes, asked: " Can you tell me what have you done and learned yesterday in your house?"
The youth answered, " I cleaned my mother's hand, and also finished cleaning all the remaining clothes"
The Director asked, " please tell me your feelings."
The youth said, Number 1, I know now what is appreciation. Without my mother, there would not be the successful me today. Number 2, by working together and helping my mother, only I now realize how difficult and tough it is to get something done. Number 3, I have come to appreciate the importance and value of family relationship.
The director said, " This is what I am looking for to be my manager. I want to recruit a person who can appreciate the help of others, a person who knows the sufferings of others to get things done, and a person who would not put money as his only goal in life. You are hired."
A child, who has been protected and habitually given whatever he wanted, would develop "entitlement mentality" and would always put himself first. He would be ignorant of his parent's efforts. When he starts work, he assumes that every person must listen to him, and when he becomes a manager, he would never know the sufferings of his employees and would always blame others. For this kind of people, who may be good academically, may be successful for a while, but eventually would not feel sense of achievement. He will grumble and be full of hatred and fight for more. If we are this kind of protective parents, are we really showing love or are we destroying the kid instead?*
You can let your kid live in a big house, eat a good meal, learn piano, watch a big screen TV. But when you are cutting grass, please let them experience it. After a meal, let them wash their plates and bowls together with their brothers and sisters. It is not because you do not have money to hire a maid, but it is because you want to love them in a right way. You want them to understand, no matter how rich their parents are, one day their hair will grow gray, same as the mother of that young person. The most important thing is your kid learns how to appreciate the effort and experience the difficulty and learns the ability to work with others to get
things done. *
===
This is a powerful message in our modern society. We seemed to have lost our bearing & our sense of direction.
*
One young academically excellent person went to apply for a managerial position in a big company.
He passed the first interview, the director did the last interview, made the last decision.
The director discovered from the CV that the youth's academic achievements were excellent all the way, from the secondary school until the postgraduate research, never had a year when he did not score.
The director asked, "Did you obtain any scholarships in school?"
The youth answered "none".
The director asked, " Was it your father who paid for your school fees?"
The youth answered, "My father passed away when I was one year old, it was my mother who paid for my school fees.
The director asked, " Where did your mother work?"
The youth answered, "My mother worked as clothes cleaner. The director requested the youth to show his hands. The youth showed a pair of hands that were smooth and perfect.
The director asked, " Have you ever helped your mother wash the clothes before?"
The youth answered, "Never, my mother always wanted me to study and read more books. Furthermore, my mother can wash clothes faster than me."
The director said, "I have a request. When you go back today, go and clean your mother's hands, and then see me tomorrow morning.*
The youth felt that his chance of landing the job was high. When he went back, he happily requested his mother to let him clean her hands. His mother felt strange, happy but with mixed feelings, she showed her hands to the kid.
The youth cleaned his mother's hands slowly. His tear fell as he did that. It was the first time he noticed that his mother's hands were so wrinkled, and there were so many bruises in her hands. Some bruises were so painful that his mother shivered when they were cleaned with water.
This was the first time the youth realized that it was this pair of hands that washed the clothes everyday to enable him to pay the school fee. The bruises in the mother's hands were the price that the mother had to pay for his graduation, academic excellence and his future.
After finishing the cleaning of his mother hands, the youth quietly washed all the remaining clothes for his mother.
That night, mother and son talked for a very long time.
Next morning, the youth went to the director's office.
The Director noticed the tears in the youth's eyes, asked: " Can you tell me what have you done and learned yesterday in your house?"
The youth answered, " I cleaned my mother's hand, and also finished cleaning all the remaining clothes"
The Director asked, " please tell me your feelings."
The youth said, Number 1, I know now what is appreciation. Without my mother, there would not be the successful me today. Number 2, by working together and helping my mother, only I now realize how difficult and tough it is to get something done. Number 3, I have come to appreciate the importance and value of family relationship.
The director said, " This is what I am looking for to be my manager. I want to recruit a person who can appreciate the help of others, a person who knows the sufferings of others to get things done, and a person who would not put money as his only goal in life. You are hired."
A child, who has been protected and habitually given whatever he wanted, would develop "entitlement mentality" and would always put himself first. He would be ignorant of his parent's efforts. When he starts work, he assumes that every person must listen to him, and when he becomes a manager, he would never know the sufferings of his employees and would always blame others. For this kind of people, who may be good academically, may be successful for a while, but eventually would not feel sense of achievement. He will grumble and be full of hatred and fight for more. If we are this kind of protective parents, are we really showing love or are we destroying the kid instead?*
You can let your kid live in a big house, eat a good meal, learn piano, watch a big screen TV. But when you are cutting grass, please let them experience it. After a meal, let them wash their plates and bowls together with their brothers and sisters. It is not because you do not have money to hire a maid, but it is because you want to love them in a right way. You want them to understand, no matter how rich their parents are, one day their hair will grow gray, same as the mother of that young person. The most important thing is your kid learns how to appreciate the effort and experience the difficulty and learns the ability to work with others to get
things done. *
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Tempayan Retak
Pagi ini saya menerima pesan yang sangat inspiratif dari teman..
Saya copy paste di sini ya.. Semoga bermanfaat..
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Berikut ini adalah cerita bijak dari Cina, sebagai bahan renungan.
Seorang ibu di Cina yang sudah tua memiliki dua buah tempayan yang digunakan untuk mencari air, yang dipikul di pundaknya dengan menggunakan sebatang bambu. Salah satu dari tempayan itu retak, sedangkan yang satunya tanpa cela dan selalu memuat air hingga penuh.
Setibanya di rumah setelah menempuh perjalanan panjang dari sungai, air di tempayan yang retak tinggal separuh.
Selama dua tahun hal ini berlangsung setiap hari, dimana ibu itu membawa pulang air hanya satu setengah tempayan. Tentunya si tempayan yang utuh sangat bangga akan pencapaiannya. Namun tempayan yang retak merasa malu akan kekurangannya dan sedih sebab hanya bisa memenuhi setengah dari kewajibannya.
Setelah 2 tahun yang dianggapnya sebagai kegagalan, akhirnya dia berbicara kepada ibu tua itu di dekat sungai. "Aku malu, sebab air bocor melalui bagian tubuhku yang retak di sepanjang jalan menuju ke rumahmu."
Ibu itu tersenyum, "Tidakkah kau lihat bunga beraneka warna di jalur yang kau lalui, namun tidak ada di jalur yang satunya? Aku sudah tahu kekuranganmu, jadi aku menabur benih bunga di jalurmu dan setiap hari dalam perjalanan pulang kau menyirami benih-benih itu. Selama dua tahun aku bisa memetik bunga-bunga cantik untuk menghias meja. Kalau kau tidak seperti itu, maka rumah ini tidak seasri seperti ini sebab tidak ada bunga."
Kita semua mempunyai kekurangan masing-masing … Namun keretakan dan kekurangan itulah yang menjadikan hidup kita bersama menyenangkan dan memuaskan. Kita harus menerima setiap orang apa adanya dan mencari yang terbaik dalam diri mereka...
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Saya copy paste di sini ya.. Semoga bermanfaat..
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Berikut ini adalah cerita bijak dari Cina, sebagai bahan renungan.
Seorang ibu di Cina yang sudah tua memiliki dua buah tempayan yang digunakan untuk mencari air, yang dipikul di pundaknya dengan menggunakan sebatang bambu. Salah satu dari tempayan itu retak, sedangkan yang satunya tanpa cela dan selalu memuat air hingga penuh.
Setibanya di rumah setelah menempuh perjalanan panjang dari sungai, air di tempayan yang retak tinggal separuh.
Selama dua tahun hal ini berlangsung setiap hari, dimana ibu itu membawa pulang air hanya satu setengah tempayan. Tentunya si tempayan yang utuh sangat bangga akan pencapaiannya. Namun tempayan yang retak merasa malu akan kekurangannya dan sedih sebab hanya bisa memenuhi setengah dari kewajibannya.
Setelah 2 tahun yang dianggapnya sebagai kegagalan, akhirnya dia berbicara kepada ibu tua itu di dekat sungai. "Aku malu, sebab air bocor melalui bagian tubuhku yang retak di sepanjang jalan menuju ke rumahmu."
Ibu itu tersenyum, "Tidakkah kau lihat bunga beraneka warna di jalur yang kau lalui, namun tidak ada di jalur yang satunya? Aku sudah tahu kekuranganmu, jadi aku menabur benih bunga di jalurmu dan setiap hari dalam perjalanan pulang kau menyirami benih-benih itu. Selama dua tahun aku bisa memetik bunga-bunga cantik untuk menghias meja. Kalau kau tidak seperti itu, maka rumah ini tidak seasri seperti ini sebab tidak ada bunga."
Kita semua mempunyai kekurangan masing-masing … Namun keretakan dan kekurangan itulah yang menjadikan hidup kita bersama menyenangkan dan memuaskan. Kita harus menerima setiap orang apa adanya dan mencari yang terbaik dalam diri mereka...
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