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“HOW ARE YOU?”

Berada di tengah anak-anak kelas 3 sekolah dasar, memberikan gambaran ketika saya kecil dahulu. Beberapa anak tampak sibuk sendiri dengan kotak pinsilnya, ada yang sibuk membaca dan ada yang berbincang-bincang dengan teman-temannya. Ketika guru yang mengajar memulai pelajaran, anak-anak memusatkan perhatiannya ke ibu guru yang berdiri di depan kelas. Saya berada di dalam ruangan kelas untuk melakukan observasi proses belajar dan mengajar di kelas tersebut, duduk mengamati selama 40 menit, saya menuliskan beberapa hal di catatan saya. Sekali-kali saya melayangkan pandangan saya ke murid-murid. Terlihat ada anak yang aktif bertanya, ada yang pasif dan ada yang menghindar dari segala bentuk pertanyaaan. Seusai jam pelajaran, saya hendak beranjak keluar kelas, seorang anak perempuan menghampiri saya, dengan membawa selembar kertas sobekan dari buku tulisnya. Dia menyodorkan kepada saya kertas itu. Saya bertanya,”Untuk saya” Dia hanya tersenyum dan menaruhnya di tangan saya, lalu berlari k

Happiness without “If”

There are so common when we say, “I am happy if I have…… “ “I am happy if you …..” “I am happy if ………… “ Many years we learn to say it in our life, without realized that we create condition to be happy. We always say “If…” Actually when we say “If …” we are still chasing our happiness. We procrastinate to feel happy. We just deny the feeling. We are failing to see the blessings which we already have in life. Is that possible for us to say,” I am happy I have wonderful life, I am happy I am healthy, I am happy that you are my friend, I am happy now” Why do we need to postpone our happiness? We have the right to enjoy our life now. The future is not ours! Let’s enjoy the happiness now. The quotation says: Happiness depends upon ourselves. Aristotle Greek critic, philosopher, physicist, & zoologist (384 BC - 322 BC) Happiness will not depend on the condition in the future. Happiness depends on us. The feeling of acceptance the condition: the ability to see the bright side of life a

Persistence in life

That which we persist in doing becomes easier, not that the task itself has become easier, but that our ability to perform it has improved. Ralph Waldo Emerson US essayist & poet (1803 - 1882) It was 2003, inspired by the movie Kuch Kuch Hota Hai; I started to write every thing about my experience with my daughters. As in the movie the mother prepared to leave letters for her daughter before she died and shared her thoughts. I think my writings will be the great heritage for my daughters in their future when they become mothers. Sometimes the good statements or the beautiful phases are gone with the wind if we cannot keep it. For that reason I started to write in by blogs in 2005. I chose the title of my blogs “Wisdom to share” (www.wisdom-to-share.blogspot.com). That is one of the reasons I want to write. I want to share “Something small, something simple can be the inspiration of wisdom” I persist to write again and again with my broken English. It is not easy for me to motiv