Thursday, December 11, 2008

KASIH


1 Kor 13 : 4 – 8a.

Betapa berbedanya arti ayat-ayat ini pada saat dulu gw baca dengan sekarang ini. Dulu gw ngerasa ngerti, ga susah nerapin ayat ini di hidup gw. Gw pikir dari beberapa kriteria yang ada, gw bisa nerapin minimal setengahnya. Iya, setengahnya…

Sekarang ini – setelah entah keberapa kalinya gw baca – gw baru sadar bahwa gw ternyata ga tau apa-apa soal kasih. Betapa dangkalnya pemahaman gw waktu itu. Bahwa ternyata selama ini gw tidak benar-benar mengasihi…

Ternyata, gw kurang bisa bermurah hati. Curiga begitu ada orang yang minta bantuan. Apa dia mau ngerjain, apa memanfaatkan kebodohan gw ? Apa ada motif dibaliknya… Selalu berpikir negatif..

Ternyata gw ga tau apa-apa soal kasih yang tidak cemburu. Iri kalo orang lain bahagia. Gw kadang suka berpikir, kenapa gw nggak bisa kayak mereka. Gw suka ngomong sama diri gw sendiri bahwa mungkin orang lain juga melihat gw dan mereka mikir “kapan ya, gw kayak dia…” Tapi memang sangat menyakitkan melihat begitu bahagianya orang lain dengan kehidupannya, sementara keadaan gw semakin menurun dalam satu sisi...
Gw juga suka cemburu kalo mendengar berita yang kurang enak tentang – katakanlah gw punya cowok suatu saat - si dia sama siapaaa gitu. Ya jelas cewek lah, gimana sih lo… Tapi itu bukan nggak ada alasannya. Gw punya beberapa pengalaman buruk di masa lalu. Tapi sebenernya itu ga bisa dijadiin alasan kenapa gw harus menjadi paranoid.

Gw juga belum berhasil mengatasi masalah memegahkan diri dan kesombongan. Kadang-kadang suka terselubung lagi. Munafik. Keliatannya gw merendah, padahal dalam hati gw suka muncul pikiran “ternyata gw bisa juga…” Haloo.. padahal gw bisa karena Tuhan yang nolong… Gw pengen orang tau prestasi-prestasi gw… Kadang gw suka malu sendiri kalo udah gitu. Kok pengen dipuji… Malu-maluin…

Gw suka nggak sopan sama orang yang lebih tua, sama sesama gw.. ga berusaha menangkal pengaruh dunia sekitar.

Gw juga sering melakukan sesuatu kalo itu menguntungkan diri gw pribadi. Kalo ga sekarang, minimal nanti. Kadang suka membandingkan. Dulu dia nolong gw segimana… gw bakal nolong orang segimana… Di hati gw suka mulai hitung-hitungan… Kalo nggak berpikir dia udah minta tolong sekian banyak, kok gw ga dapet timbal-baliknya…

Percaya segala sesuatu ? Mengharapkan segala sesuatu ? Gw tau kadang hidup ga gampang, jatuh bangun kalo mau ngedapetin sesuatu. Begitu beberapa kali gagal, males nyoba lagi... Padahal hidup itu ga gampang, dan untuk sukses - dalam hal apapun - ya musti persistent.. gitu.. Trus kadang jadi ragu akan kuasa Tuhan. Nah lo. Ini yang gawat...

Tapi kadang gw suka diingetin dengan khotbah beberapa hamba Tuhan. Di titik terendah dalam hidup gw, ketika gw seperti ngerasa Tuhan nggak hadir di deket gw, ga ngerasa pertolongan Tuhan, Tuhan itu tetap ada. Tetap pegang tangan gw. Tetap ngasih kekuatan supaya gw bisa jalani hari-hari gw... Dia malah gendong gw, hapus air mata gw, meluk gw...

Dan suatu saat, gw pasti bisa lihat harapan gw jadi kenyataan...

Satu ini yang lebih hebat. Sabar menanggung segala sesuatu ? Emosi gw kadang suka naik kalo berulang-ulang diperlakukan nggak adil, lebih-lebih kalo orangnya ga nyadar dia sudah menyakiti begitu dalam. Duh. Rasanya pengen teriak. "Tuhan, belalah saya !"... gitu pikiran gw.. Tapi begitu pertolongan 'ga kunjung datang', gw langsung kecewa dan bilang... "Tuhan... kapan pertolongan itu datang ? Kok dia terus begitu ? Kok keadaan malah makin ancur ?" Aduuh... Sakit rasanya.


Inget firman yang bilang kita musti mengampuni 70 kali 7 kali ? Yah. Bayangkan orang itu... orang terdekat, orang tersayang atau orang yang kita hargai - menyakiti kita


berkali-kali


dengan kesalahan yang itu-itu lagi


malah kita yang jadi minta maaf


terus ngulangin lagi... Atau nuduh kita yang salah. Difitnah lagi. JRENG !


GIMANA ? Gampang ? Mau sabar ? Kadang-kadang susah...


Gw masih harus belajar banyak soal kesabaran...


Kasih tidak berkesudahan. Ini lagi. Kalo udah lama, orangnya ngeselin, masih bisakah mengasihi ? Iya kalo dia keluarga, biasanya mungkin lebih gampang. Orang lain? Sudah disakiti sama dia, masih bisakah kita mengampuni terus mengasihi dia seolah-olah kejadian-kejadian sebelumnya ga membekas di hati kita ? Gimana ? Gw merasa agak terhapus sedikit demi sedikit. Apalagi kalo orang itu tidak menunjukkan tanda-tanda yang menyenangkan... Gimana? Masih bisa ?


Berjuang dan terus berjuang.


Gw mau 'retreat' dulu, nanya lagi sama Tuhan, mendekat lagi sama Tuhan. Supaya gw bisa ngerti sebenernya maunya Tuhan gimana, dan supaya gw bisa ngejalaninnya...


Gw harus belajar lebih banyak lagi soal kasih. Dari nol lagi.



Cheers...




Monday, December 01, 2008

Cash flow problem :D - Don't count your chicken before they're hatched.



Have you done impulsive decisions which made you perplexed afterwards? Especially when it's about salary management ? :) I'm in that situation nowadays...



I bought a new cell phone on the other Sunday, using my credit card. I thought I've calculated everything, and since I'll get my Christmas benefit in this mid-December, it'll be okay if I bought the cell phone - and for me it's quite a big number of rupiah... :)


But then I realised that I've missed a few things...


I think it's only one week until I receive my benefits from school, but actually I just found out that it will be given in the third week. (A good lesson about "don't count your chicken before they're hatched") Haha...


Then I just realised that I have a lot of things to pay for. The cooling pad I ordered from my colleague, the wallet - which is also ordered last month from the administration staff, the pot luck lunch which will be held on December 9, the excursion with the students which will be held on December 16 - it is paid by the school but I need to buy snacks there... Aren't I ?... And I was left with only a week's meal money... Hahahaha...


Then I thought, OK. I'll try to trick it with my credit card - again... :D

So on Sunday, I bought supplies for breakfast and dinner which I think will be enough for at least two weeks. The bread spreads, instant noodles, biscuits, and beef floss. Those will make a good standard meal for two weeks :P


Then I think I have to restraint my self of being consumtive on weekends.. (which is a hard thing to do.. I think..) and I should go to my sister's house for free meals... (Hiks...)


And for safety, I think I have to borrow some money just for emergencies, until I get my Christmas benefit. AAAA...... This is the thing that I avoid usually... Humiliating... But let's see on Dec 13...


Well, at least I can gain a lesson from this. I should be careful with the planning, especially when it comes to the credit card. Actually I could've paid my credit card bill with the minimum amount, but I always think that i never want to pay unecessary interest, so I paid it in full amount anyway. But I thought it was not a better idea either...


Well... Anyway... I'm still lucky I live in Indonesia.. (Heheh... for Indonesian, you'll fell yourself lucky in ANY situation - even the when worst cases happen... :D ) You still can buy cheap but healthy foods - and for your info, they're not junk food at all. I can cook my own rice, and eat it with the beef floss, sweet soy sauce, fried egg - and you'll still will get good nutritions. If you want it, you'll enjoy good food by going to your relatives' houses. AHAHAHA.....


And hey ! I just remember that it's just a good example of the "cash flow problem" I just taught to my students. A real case study. Maybe I have to ask "my debtors" to pay early ? Or next time I have to delay my expenses ? Like delaying my payment ? Well the last one is not a good idea.. I'll skip it. AHAHA...


Oh well... I think I will survive the three weeks... :D



Cheers

2 Corinthians 4:8-18


8 We are pressed on every side by troubles, but we are not crushed. We are perplexed, but not driven to despair. 9 We are hunted down, but never abandoned by God. We get knocked down, but we are not destroyed. 10 Through suffering, our bodies continue to share in the death of Jesus so that the life of Jesus may also be seen in our bodies.
11 Yes, we live under constant danger of death because we serve Jesus, so that the life of Jesus will be evident in our dying bodies. 12 So we live in the face of death, but this has resulted in eternal life for you.
13 But we continue to preach because we have the same kind of faith the psalmist had when he said, “I believed in God, so I spoke.”[
a] 14 We know that God, who raised the Lord Jesus,[b] will also raise us with Jesus and present us to himself together with you. 15 All of this is for your benefit. And as God’s grace reaches more and more people, there will be great thanksgiving, and God will receive more and more glory.
16 That is why we never give up. Though our bodies are dying, our spirits are[
c] being renewed every day. 17 For our present troubles are small and won’t last very long. Yet they produce for us a glory that vastly outweighs them and will last forever! 18 So we don’t look at the troubles we can see now; rather, we fix our gaze on things that cannot be seen. For the things we see now will soon be gone, but the things we cannot see will last forever.

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