Selasa, 30 November 2010

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Selfish Me!

Senin, 29 November 2010

A DIALOGUE WITH SATAN

from ''İSLAM THE RELİGİON OF PEACE''

Deep at night, I had this dialogue with Satan. Shortly, I heard the Fajr prayer call. I wanted to go to the mosque.

 * He said: “The night is still long, so take a nap.”
* I said: “I’m afraid I’ll miss my obligatory prayer!”
* He said: “There is much time to go ”
* I said: “I’m afraid I’ll miss praying in congregation.”
* He said: “Don’t be too harsh on yourself in worship.”

Then, I didn’t wake up until the sun had already risen.

* He whispered to me again saying: “Don’t feel sorry for what you have missed. The day is still full of many other chances.”

As soon as I started mentioning Allah, he brought to my mind all kinds of thoughts.

* I said: “You are diverting me from making Duaa’.”
* He said: “Just delay it until the night.” Shortly, I intended to repent.
* He said: “Enjoy your young age before it comes to an end”!
* I said: “I’m too afraid of death.”
* He said: “But your life will not end now.”

I started to memorize Qur’an

* He said: “Entertain yourself with songs.”
* I said: “But it’s an unlawful thing to do.”
* He said: “Scholars differed on that matter
* I said: “The evidences from the Prophet’s sayings (peace be upon him) are with me”
* He said: “But you know their sources are weak!”

A beautiful lady passed by, so I lowered my gaze.

* He said: “What’s wrong? It’s just a gaze”!
* I said: “A gaze puts me in a dangerous place.”
* He said: “It’s lawful to contemplate in grace.”

I went to the Kaaba (The Ancient House of Allah). There he was with me on the way.

* He said: “What’s the reason behind this trip?”
* I said: “To make ‘Umrah’.”
* He said: “You have risked dangers (on your travel) to do this Umra.
Don’t you know that good deeds have plenty of other doors?!!”
* I said: “But my life needs a change for the better”
* He said: “Don’t you know that you can’t enter Paradise through your deeds?

I went to give advice to people.

* He said: ”Don’t put yourself in an embaressing situation.
* I said: “But, my only aim is to benefit others.”
* He said: “That’s a trap of self-admiration, and it is indeed the head of corruption.”
* I said: “Tell me your opinion about some people.”
* He said: “ I can answer you of the private, as well as the general.”
* I said: “Ahmed Ibn Hanbal?”
* He said: “His calling to follow Quraan and Sunnah was killing me.”
* I said: “Ibn Taymeyah?”
* He said: “His words hit my head like a daily beating.”
* I said: “Al-Bukhari?”
* He said: “I can even burn my house with his book.”
* I said: “Al-Haggag?”
* He said: “I wish 1000 of men are like him. His way is cure and happiness to my colleagues of Satans.”
* I said: “Pharoah?”
* He said: “Oh, to him victory and support we owe.”
* I said: “Saladin, the Hero of the battle of “Hetteen”?”
* He said: “Let us not talk of him…he brought humiliation to my sons, and buried our heads in mud.”
* I said: “Mohamed Ibn Abdul Wahab?”
* He said: “His messages were like the heavenly fiery stars that were burning my heart”
* I said: “Abu Jahl?”
* He said: “The best kinship and brothers we are.”
* I said: “Abu Lahab?”
* He said: “We are together in every step forever.”
* I said: “Lenin?”
* He said: “Bounded by me, with Stalin on fire.”
* I said: “Nude Magazines?”
* He said: “Are my holy books.”
* I said: “Satellites?”
* He said: “Make people diabolical.”
* I said: “Coffee Shops?”
* He said: “Welcome everyone who is diverted from Allah and the right way.”
* I said: “What is your duaa (athkaar)?”
* He said: “Songs.”
* I said: “What is your job?”
* He said: “ False Hopes.”
* I said: “What do you think about the Markets?”
* He said: “Clubs where my friends meet.”
* I said: “What do you think of the Socialist party?”
* He said: “It is with which I have shared all my belongings, to whom I taught all my thoughts, intentions and prayers.”
* I said: “How do you misguide people?”
* He said: “By desires, doubts, distracting amusements, hopes and songs.”
* I said: “How do you misguide women?”
* He said: “I tempt them towards showing off their beauty, and favoring the prohibited over the lawful.
* I said: “How do you misguide the Scholars?”
* He said: “By paving the way for them to admiration and showing off, and by planting envy and pride in their hearts.”
* I said: “How do you misguide people as general?”
* He said: “Through back-biting, tale-fabrication, wasting their times in things of no value and in useless cheap conversations.”
* I said: “How do you misguide merchants?”
* He said: “By tempting them to deal with bribery, making them hate paying charity and by making spendthriftness beloved.”
* I said: “How do you misguide young people?”
* He said: “By making them fall in the trap of love, reckless in following Allah’s orders and committing the prohibited.”
* I said: “What do you think of “Israel”, the Jewish state?”
* He said: “Oh, don’t try to backbite and speak ill of my beloved home country, the most dear to my heart.”
* I said: “What do you think of Abu Nawwas?”
* He said: “Such a respectful character. His poems really inspired me.”
* I said: “And “modernity”?”
* He said: “The inheritors of our satanic knowledge.”
* I said: “Secularity?”
* He said: “That’s my belief, and its believers are the cheating magicians and creators of false hopes. We all bear same names.”
* I said: “What do you think of Washington?”
* He said: “The state of my beloved ones and the base for my army. Indeed it is my nation.”
* I said: “What do you think of those people who call to the word of Allah?”
* He said: “They are torturing me! They inflict a lot of pain and misery on me. They made me an old man with gray hair! They destroy all what I build! They make noise when I speak, read when I sing, and seek refuge from me when I show up.”
* I said: “What do you say about newspapers?”
* He said: “Means for wasting people’s time, especially that of the elite, and means for stealing money.”
* I said: “What do you think of the BBC?”
* He said: “It’s my weapon. Through it I put the poison in the honey, ignite wars between Arabs & the other nations and flatter both the oppressor and oppressed.”
* I said: “What did you do with the Crow?”
* He said: “I made him kill his brother and bury him under earth till he disappeared.”
* I said: “What did you do with Karoon?”
* He said: “I whispered to him: You son of the old man. Save the treasuries to win. You are one of the greatest men.”
* I said: “What did you say to Pharoah?”
* He said: “I told him: You are the greatest one in the palace. To win say: “Isn’t it me who possess the power over Egypt?”.”
* I said: “What did you say to the one who drinks wine?”
* He said: “I told him you should drink this grape’s juice. It is the answer to all your problems. It wipes out your troubles. And don’t worry, you know the way to repentance and its doors are always opened for you.”
* I said: “What kills you?”
* He said: “Reading the verses of “Al Kursy” (the Chair). It prevents me from breathing and makes me feel I’m in an eternal prison, in a night full of misery.”
* I said: “Who are the most beloved people to you?”
* He said: “Singers, poets that aim at misguiding people, sins doers, and every cunning person who goes astray.”
* I said: “Who is the most hateful person to you?”
* He said: “Mosque-goers, everyone who kneels and prostrates to Allah, every pious and sincere worshipper, and every fighter in the cause of Allah.”
* I said: “I hereby seek refuge in Allah from you.”

The moment I said so, he disappeared as though melting into the sand - and this is the liar’s end.

Source: Makamat Al Karny
Puplished by : Muslimah Amatullah

Minggu, 28 November 2010

Leadership Begins at Home

One of the greatest gifts you can give your kids is help in foregoing immediate gratification, by setting boundaries for them and by modeling the behavior yourself.
That's also one of the greatest gifts you can give to those you lead or manage.

I got to thinking about all this after reading "Growing up Digital: Wired for Distraction," Matt Richtel's superb, often heartbreaking front page article in Sunday's New York Times. It's about the effect of all the new technology on the attention span of kids.
Compelling as it was, I suspect few read to the end of the article. It was long, and we ourselves are struggling with the same issue our kids are. Just last week, I wrote about it under the headline "Warning: Your Attention is Under Siege."

When it comes to the impact of our increasing obsession with being connected electronically, kids are simply an exaggerated version of the rest of us. They're also more honest about the costs.

By staying relentlessly busy sending thousands of text messages a day, playing endless hours of video games, and checking Facebook every three minutes, kids are addressing two core needs. They're eliciting brief, tiny bits of gratification and reassurance, and avoiding loneliness and fear. "Video games don't make the hole," a student named Sean McMullen poignantly tells Richtel. "They fill it."

The most obvious cost is that when they're preoccupied with technology for entertainment or escape, kids aren't engaged in learning or any sort of complex thinking.
In one recent study, 47 percent of heavy users of technology were found to have poor grades, versus 23 percent of light users. The kids Richtel describes struggle at school nearly in direct proportion to the amount of time they spend online.

The analogy at offices is that most of us are quick to shift attention from our work every time we hear the "ping" of a new email that promises instant gratification (but rarely delivers). Email also interrupts whatever else we're doing. When we turn attention from one task to focus on another, it dramatically increases the time it takes to finish the first task, and adds to the number of mistakes we make.

Nothing better fuels high quality work and productivity, or makes us feel more satisfied, than deeply immersing ourselves in a task. But really focusing requires resisting the instant gratification of other distractions, and that takes effort.
There are lessons here for parents, but also for leaders.

First, model the behaviors you hope to see. If you're forever on your iPhone, or watching TV, your kids get that message. If you're always looking over at your computer screen when you're meeting with people, they too get the message.

Second, recognize that these technologies are as addictive as any other drug or diversion that provides an instant hit of pleasure and/or an escape from pain.
"Sometimes I'll say: I need to stop this and do my schoolwork, but I can't," Vijay Singh tells Ritchel, echoing his friends. Parents must set firm boundaries restricting the use of electronics.

It's not about banning them, which is unrealistic and extreme, but rather about helping kids to regularly experience the deeper satisfaction that comes from becoming truly absorbed in and mastering a complex challenge.

Leaders, meanwhile, need to encourage their employees to turn off email entirely at times, in order to focus uninterrupted attention on their most difficult tasks.

Third, parents and teachers alike ought to encourage a new way of working. Whether it's for homework or for office work, the best way to get things done is in periods of interrupted work no longer than 90 minutes, followed by true renewal.

We embed, contextualize, and synthesize learning during downtime - which is what we've sacrificed in our addiction to constant connection.

The new technologies aren't going away, nor should they. The real issue is whether we can learn to manage them more skillfully, so they don't end up managing us. Who's going to lead the way?

 Source

Sabtu, 27 November 2010

Sebuah hati untuk menghakimi

Kulemparkan padamu,
rajaman pisau yang terbit dari marahku.
Tantang kata, tentang durjana, tentang pikiran yang muncul dari relungku,
yang mungkin tak akan pernah lagi bisa terobati.

Jangankan kamu, aku terluka.
Jangankan kamu, aku merasa.

Entahlah, mungkin saat ini akan lebih baik bagi kita.
Berdua saling bicara.
Mugkin melepaskan,
mungkan merelakan.
Karena seperti kata katamu setepat tepatnya.
Bukan sekedar rasa, tapi percaya.
Bukan sekedar kata, tapi mencoba.

Seperti berjalan kembali menyusuri luka.
Seperti berusaha lagi menengok kebelakang.
Apakah aku durga?
apakah aku kala?
karena semua yang kusentuh jadi luka, terbakar habis.
Dan simpuh pada kita yang mengabu,

aku sungguh ingin mengatakan langsung padamu,
aku merelakanmu.
 

Hati

Mungkin liar dalam kediamannya,

karena itu hatiku butuh sebuah penjara.
Dengan jeruji besi dan tembok beton, 
kalau bisa tambahkan tegangan listrik ribuan voltase.
Biarkan dia tersengat mati, saat mencoba lari.
 
Kuikat dengan simpul mati,
ribuan doa agar dia tak lagi jatuh dan tersakiti.
Sebuah mantra untuk mengunci dan membutakan matanya.
Bukalah, dan cintailah pria pertama 

yang mencium keningmu disaat ijabku nanti.
 
Berhentilah berlari.
Berhentilah jatuh.
Berhentilah tersandung dan hancur beribu lagi.
Berhentilah pecah.
Berhentilah berdarah.
aku janji akan memelukmu erat, menimangmu, 

menjagamu sepenuh hati, 
tapi dengarkan aku.
Berjanjilah untuk tegar sekuatnya, 
tak akan pecah meski kamu harus jatuh berulang kali.

Kasihanilah Aku, Wahai Jiwaku!

Mengapa kau menangis, jiwaku?
Engkau yang paling mengetahui kelemahanku?
Air matamu menggores tajam dan menyebabkan luka,
yang kutahu itu bukan kesalahanku.
Sampai kapan kau akan menangis?
Aku tidak mempunyai apapun kecuali kata-kata manusia
untuk memaknai mimpi-mimpimu,
keinginan-keinginanmu, dan pesan-pesanmu.

Lihat padaku, wahai jiwaku;
aku telah menggunakan seluruh hidupku 

untuk memperhatikan ajaran-ajaranmu.
Pikirkanlah betapa menderitanya aku!
Aku telah menghabiskan kehidupanku dengan mengikutimu.
Hatiku berjaya di atas singgasana, 

tetapi sekarang terkekang dalam perbudakan;
kesabaranku adalah sahabatku, 

tetapi sekarang bersaing melawanku;
kemudaanku adalah harapanku, 

tetapi sekarang malah mencerca kelalaianku.

Mengapakah, wahai jiwaku, engkau begitu serba menuntut?
Aku telah menolak kesenangan diri 

dan meninggalkan kebahagiaan hidup
untuk mengikuti jalan yang kau paksakan padaku untuk dikejar.
Bersikaplah adil padaku, atau panggilkan hantu kematian 

untuk membebaskanku,
karena keadilan adalah kebanggaanmu.

Kasihanilah aku, wahai jiwaku.
Kau telah membekaliku dengan cinta
hingga aku tidak mampu memikul bebanku sendiri.
Kau dan cinta adalah kekuatan tak terpisahkan;
substansi dan aku adalah kelemahan tak terpisahkan.
Akankah pernah pertarungan berakhir 

antara yang kuat dan yang lemah?

Kasihanilah aku, wahai jiwaku.
Kau telah menunjukkan padaku takdir baik melampaui genggamanku.
Kau dan takdir baik berada di atas puncak gunung;
penderitaan dan aku terlupakan bersama di dasar lembah.
Akankah gunung dan lembah menjadi satu?

Kasihanilah aku, wahai jiwaku.
Kau telah memperlihatkan padaku keindahan,
tetapi kemudian menutupinya.
Kau dan keindahan hidup di dalam cahaya;
Kebodohan dan aku terikat bersama di dalam gelap.
Akankah pernah terang bergabung dengan kegelapan?

Kegembiraanmu datang bersama pengakhiran,
dan kau bersukaria sekarang di dalam penantian;
tetapi tubuh ini menderita dengan kehidupan
dan sampai sekarang aku masih di dalam kehidupan.
Ini, wahai jiwaku, membingungkan.

Kau bergegas menuju keabadian,
ketika raga ini berjalan perlahan menuju kematian.
Kau tidak menunggunya dan dia tidak bisa pergi lebih cepat.
Ini, wahai jiwaku, menyedihkan.

Kau mendaki tinggi, menuju daya tarik surgawi,
di saat jasad ini terjun bebas akibat gravitasi bumi.
Kau tidak menghiburnya dan dia tidak menghargaimu.
Ini, wahai jiwaku, menyengsarakan.

Kau kaya akan kebijaksanaan,
tetapi tubuh ini miskin dengan pemahaman.
Kau tidak bisa kompromi dan dia tidak patuh.
Ini, wahai jiwaku, sangat menyakitkan.

Di dalam keheningan malam kau mengunjungi kekasih
dan menikmati manisnya kehadirannya.
Tubuh ini selamanya tetap menjadi tumbal
pahitnya harapan dan perpisahan.
Ini, wahai jiwaku, penyiksaan yang pedih.

Kumohon, kasihanilah aku, jiwaku!


(Kahlil Gibran)

Jumat, 26 November 2010

Tentang Tangismu

betapa tangis matamu
pernah menjadi senyum hatiku
menetes bulir butiran di matamu
menetas bergulir bongkahan bahagiaku
masihkah kau ingat, dulu
perih hatimu mengobati rapuh tubuh ripuhku

lalu suatu saat tangismu berwarna abu
selubung kau pasang, matamu terpalang
bagaimana bisa aku meretas hatimu?!
menderai rinai air matamu
memberai bidai ketenangan hatiku
aku menjadi pewarna jernih air matamu
atau seorang lain membuatnya mengabu

kemudian kau menangis untukku, terakhir kali
air mata bening hangat suci kau peras dari hati
bersimpuh peluh hatimu mengharap kumengerti
meluruh kisruh asaku perih tak terperi
inikah tangis terbaik mampu kau beri,
pemaklum kau pernah sangat mencintai?!

kali ini sungguh, aku benci
air mata itu, aku ragu
air mata itu, aku rindu
air mata itu, aku mohon
menangislah lagi untukku
tangis apapun itu, maukah?!
aku rindu kau menangis untukku.


Anumao
 

DALAM DOAKU

Dalam doaku subuh ini, kau menjelma langit 
yang semalaman tak memejamkan mata, 
yang meluas bening siap menerima cahaya pertama, 
yang melengkung hening karena akan menerima suara-suara
ketika matahari mengambang tenang di atas kepala, 

Dalam doaku, kau menjelma pucuk-pucuk cemara 
yang hijau senantiasa, 
yang tak henti-hentinya mengajukan pertanyaan muskil kepada angin 
yang mendesau entah dari mana

Dalam doaku sore ini, kau menjelma seekor burung gereja 
yang mengibas-ibaskan bulunya dalam gerimis, 
yang hinggap di ranting dan menggugurkan bulu-bulu bunga jambu,
yang tiba-tiba gelisah dan terbang lalu hinggap di dahan mangga itu

Maghrib ini dalam doaku, kau menjelma angin 
yang turun sangat pelahan dari nun di sana, 
bersijingkat di jalan kecil itu, 
menyusup di celah-celah jendela dan pintu,
dan menyentuh-nyentuhkan pipi dan bibirnya 
di rambut, dahi, dan bulu-bulu mataku

Dalam doa malamku, kau menjelma denyut jantungku, 
yang dengan sabar bersitahan terhadap rasa sakit 
yang entah batasnya, 
yang setia mengusut rahasia demi rahasia,
yang tak putus-putusnya bernyanyi bagi kehidupanku

Aku mencintaimu, 
itu sebabnya aku takkan pernah selesai
mendoakan keselamatanmu


(Sapardi Djoko Damono, 1989)

Nice quote

Mardhatillah...

Oh, Men of Muslim community, stop looking at women

Allah says:  

Tell the believing men to lower their gaze (from looking at forbidden things), and protect their private parts (from illegal sexual acts, etc.). That is purer for them. Verily, Allah is All-Aware of what they do. 

[Surah Al-Nur verse 30] 

Jareer ibn ‘Abdullaah said:

"I asked the Messenger of Allaah (Peace & Blessings of Allaah be upon Him) about an accidental glance at a woman. He commanded me to turn my gaze away."(Reported by al-Tirmidhi, who said: This is a saheeh hasan hadeeth. See al-Sunan, 2700).

Commenting on this hadeeth, al-Mubaarakpoori said:

" ‘Accidental’ means that his gaze fell on a non-mahram woman unintentionally. ‘He commanded me to turn my gaze away’ means that he was not to look a second time, because the first glance was not by choice and would be forgiven, but any further glances would be counted as sin, and he should heed the words of Allaah (interpretation of the meaning): ‘Tell the believing men to lower their gaze (from looking at forbidden things)…’ [al-Noor 24:30]"

The Messenger of Allaah (Peace & Blessings of Allaah be upon Him) said: 

"O Ali, do not follow a glance with another, for you will be forgiven for the first, but not for the second." 

(Reported by al-Tirmidhi, 2701; see Saheeh al-Jaami’, 7953)

In al-Tuhfah, he said:


"The words ‘do not follow a glance with another’ mean do not look again after the first glance. ‘You will be forgiven for the first’ means that you will be forgiven if the first glance was unintentional, and ‘but not for the second’ means that because the second glance was by choice, it will be counted against you."

So it is clear that deliberately looking at a non-mahram woman and continuing to look after a first accidental glance is haraam. It is forbidden to look at any part of her body, whether you think she is beautiful or not, whether it provokes sexual desire or not, whether it is accompanied by evil thoughts or not, and whether it leads to immoral deeds or not.

We ask Allaah to protect you and us from all haraam deeds. Allaah is the One Who guides to the Straight Path.

written by QURAN MESSAGE.

Kamis, 25 November 2010

Jangan Kecanduan Facebook!

Tulisan berikut ini sangat menginspirasi. Semoga kita semua bisa mengambil hikmahnya :)

Demi waktu..
Facebook akan menghabiskan hidupmu..
Jika engkau tak bisa menyikapinya dengan bijaksana..
Kedatangannya secara halus..
Memenuhi kebutuhan psikologi kita yang ingin berinteraksi
Tampilannya sesuai keinginan kita
Kita bisa update status..tag photo,beri komentar ke teman-teman kita
Bertemu dengan teman-teman lama kita..
Ada yang Mencari pasangan hidupnya lewat facebook
Mendapatkan Keuntungan lewat facebook dengan menjual dagangannya.
Berdakwah lewat facebook
Bermain game difacebook
Bahkan ada yang melakukan kejahatan juga dengan facebook.,
karena data pribadi yang terlalu diumbar didunia maya
Semuanya diberikan facebook dengan serba gratis.
Walaupun sebenarnya kita harus mengeluarkan biaya untuk online

Tanpa sadar..
Waktu demi waktu telah kita habiskan untuk berinteraksi difacebook ini..

Tanpa sadar..
Kita menjadi lalai..
Facebook mendekatkan yang jauh..
Tapi terkadang ia bisa juga menjauhkan yang dekat..
Kita menjadi egois,hidup seperti didunianya sendiri
Tanpa memperdulikan yang lain dikehidupan nyata kita.

Ketika kita lemah dalam pengaturan waktu kita
Dan kita sudah terhipnotis dengan facebook
Maka kita bisa kecanduan..
Kita menjadi berlebih-lebihan memakai facebook
Berdakwah lewat facebookpun terkadang berlebihan,
hingga melalaikan kewajiban kita yang lain..

Kita lupa bahwa kita punya kehidupan nyata
Ada keluarga kita,ada tetangga kita yang semuanya butuh kita sapa dan berinteraksi.
Kita jadi lalai dengan pekerjaan kita,karena waktu bekerja kita habiskan dengan berfacebook.

Kita lupakan orang-orang terdekat kita..
Bahkan waktu yang baik untuk munajat kepada Allah
Kita habiskan dengan berinternet ria..sampai waktu shubuh..
Astaghfirullah hal adzim..

Saudaraku..
Hidup ini perlu keseimbangan
Jasmani kita.,Akal kita, Ruh kita
Pekerjaan kita,Keluarga kita,Lingkugan sekitar kita.
Dunia kita..Bekal untuk Akhirat kita
Semuanya ada kebutuhan yang harus dipenuhi..
Jasmani kita bisa sakit ketika kita tak bisa menjaga kesehatan atau kurang berolahraga,
Akal kita bisa rusak,ketika Ilmu yang kita serap merupakan hal2 yang buruk,
Ruh kita bisa kering dan hampa,ketika kita jauh dari Allah..
Maka penting bagi kita untuk melakukan semua hal dengan proporsional
Mempunyai skala prioritas dalam hidup.
Dan mempunyai pengaturan diri dan disiplin yang baik..

Sebuah kisah yang didapat dari bapak Andri Wongso.
Dikisahkan, suatu hari ada seorang anak muda yang tengah menanjak karirnya tapi merasa hidupnya tidak bahagia. Istrinya sering mengomel karena merasa keluarga tidak lagi mendapat waktu dan perhatian yang cukup dari si suami. Orang tua dan keluarga besar, bahkan menganggapnya sombong dan tidak lagi peduli kepada keluarga besar. Tuntutan pekerjaan membuatnya kehilangan waktu untuk keluarga, teman-teman lama, bahkan saat merenung bagi dirinya sendiri.
Hingga suatu hari, karena ada masalah, si pemuda harus mendatangi salah seorang petinggi perusahaan di rumahnya. Setibanya di sana, dia sempat terpukau saat melewati taman yang tertata rapi dan begitu indah.
"Hai anak muda. Tunggulah di dalam. Masih ada beberapa hal yang harus Bapak selesaikan," seru tuan rumah. Bukannya masuk, si pemuda menghampiri dan bertanya, "Maaf, Pak. Bagaimana Bapak bisa merawat taman yang begitu indah sambil tetap bekerja dan bisa membuat keputusan-keputusan hebat di perusahaan kita?"

Tanpa mengalihkan perhatian dari pekerjaan yang sedang dikerjakan, si bapak menjawab ramah, "Anak muda, mau lihat keindahan yang lain? Kamu boleh kelilingi rumah ini. Tetapi, sambil berkeliling, bawalah mangkok susu ini. Jangan tumpah ya. Setelah itu kembalilah kemari".

Dengan sedikit heran, namun senang hati, diikutinya perintah itu. Tak lama kemudian, dia kembali dengan lega karena mangkok susu tidak tumpah sedikit pun. Si bapak bertanya, "Anak muda. Kamu sudah lihat koleksi batu-batuanku? Atau bertemu dengan burung kesayanganku?"

Sambil tersipu malu, si pemuda menjawab, "Maaf Pak, saya belum melihat apa pun karena konsentrasi saya pada mangkok susu ini. Baiklah, saya akan pergi melihatnya."

Saat kembali lagi dari mengelilingi rumah, dengan nada gembira dan kagum dia berkata, "Rumah Bapak sungguh indah sekali, asri, dan nyaman." tanpa diminta, dia menceritakan apa saja yang telah dilihatnya. Si Bapak mendengar sambil tersenyum puas sambil mata tuanya melirik susu di dalam mangkok yang hampir habis.

Menyadari lirikan si bapak ke arah mangkoknya, si pemuda berkata, "Maaf Pak, keasyikan menikmati indahnya rumah Bapak, susunya tumpah semua".
"Hahaha! Anak muda. Apa yang kita pelajari hari ini? Jika susu di mangkok itu utuh, maka rumahku yang indah tidak tampak olehmu. Jika rumahku terlihat indah di matamu, maka susunya tumpah semua. Sama seperti itulah kehidupan, harus seimbang. Seimbang menjaga agar susu tidak tumpah sekaligus rumah ini juga indah di matamu. Seimbang membagi waktu untuk pekerjaan dan keluarga. Semua kembali ke kita, bagaimana membagi dan memanfaatkannya. Jika kita mampu menyeimbangkan dengan bijak, maka pasti kehidupan kita akan harmonis".

Subhanallah..
Semoga kita bisa bersikap bijaksana dengan facebook ini
Atau proporsional dalam berinternet ria
Jangan biarkan mata pedangnya menancap didalan hatimu
Tebasannya Menghabisakan waktumu dengan sia-sia.
Ingatlah Saudaraku..waktu terus berjalan..
Sementara yang harus kita lakukan sesungguhnya sangat banyak
Jangan sia-siakan hidup kita..

Catatan Mario Teguh

Anda disebut kuat
bukan karena badan Anda kuat,
tetapi karena hati Anda
yang sedang dikecilkan
dan bersedih itu,
...tetap bertahan dan
menyabarkan diri.

Apapun yang terjadi kepada Anda,
akan tetap menjadi sesuatu
yang menguatkan Anda,
jika Anda tidak mengijinkannya
untuk melemahkan Anda.

Tidak ada orang bisa disebut lemah,
selama dia bisa memilih.

Pilihlah untuk menjadi jiwa yang sabar
dan berbahagia.

Mario Teguh

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Motivasi Adalah Target Yang Bergerak

Sesuatu yang pagi ini
membuat kita bersemangat,
belum tentu memiliki daya dorong
...yang sama nanti siang.

Yang membuat kita berapi-api
bersemangat malam ini,
bisa jadi adalah hinaan yang
membuat kita sedih kemarin.

Sehingga,

Pemeliharaan tingkat semangat
adalah lebih penting
daripada hanya bersemangat.

Dan,

Bersemangat untuk kebaikan,
adalah semangat yang terbaik.

Mario Teguh

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Janganlah membandingkan diri Anda
dengan mereka yang lebih kuat
dan lebih beruntung,
karena Anda akan merasa rendah
dan meratapi ketidak-adilan dunia.
...
Ingatlah,

Anda akan juga dibandingkan
dengan mereka yang lebih muda
dan kurang beruntung daripada Anda,
tetapi yang berhasil menjadikan
diri mereka sendiri hebat,
sejahtera, dan anggun.

Syukurilah apa pun diri Anda sekarang,
lalu tumbuhlah dari situ.

Mario Teguh

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Anda tidak akan mungkin berhasil
melupakan kepedihan masa lalu,
karena untuk melupakannya
Anda harus mengingatnya lagi.

...Setelah Anda melakukan semua hal
untuk lupa, Anda akan semakin ingat
apa yang ingin Anda lupakan.

Sudahlah...

Hiduplah dalam kenyataan hari ini,
syukurilah pelajaran yang disediakan
oleh kepedihan itu,
dan masukilah masa depan Anda
dengan ceria,
dalam tuntunan kasih sayang Illahi.

Mario Teguh

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Senin, 22 November 2010

Make me your companion in Paradise...

Rabee’ah narrates:
It was the habit of the Prophet, peace be on him, that if someone did him a good turn, he loved to repay that person
with something more excellent. He wanted to do something for me too in return for my service to him. So one day he came up to me and said: ‘O Rabee’ah ibn Ka’b.’ ‘Labbayk ya rasulullah wa Sadaik – At your command, O Messenger of God and may God grant you happiness,’ I responded. ‘Ask of me anything and I will give it to you.’ ..I thought a little and then said: ‘Give me some time, O Messenger of God, to think about what I should ask of you. Then I will let you know.’ He agreed.

At that time, I was a young man and poor. I had neither family, nor wealth, nor place of abode. I used to shelter in the Suffah of the mosque with other poor Muslims like myself. People used to call us the “guests of Islam”. Whenever any Muslim brought so mething in charity to the Prophet, he would send it all to us. And if someone gave him a gift he would take some of it and leave the rest for us.

So, it occurred to me to ask the Prophet for some worldly good that would save me from poverty and make me like others who had wealth, wife and children. Soon, however, I said: ‘May you perish Rabee’ah. The world is temporary and will pass away. You have your share of sustenance in it which God has guaranteed and which must come to you. The Prophet, peace be on him, has a place with his Lord and no request would be refused him. Request him therefore, to ask Allah to grant you something of the bounty of the hereafter.’

I felt pleased and satisfied with this thought. I went to the Prophet and he asked: ‘What do you say, O Rabee’ah?’ ‘O Messenger of God,’ I said, ‘I ask you to beseech God most High on my behalf to make me your companion in Paradise.’

‘Who has advised you thus?’ asked the Prophet.
‘No by God,’ I said, ‘No one has advise me. But when you told me ‘Ask of me anything and I will give to you,’ I thought of asking you for something of the goodness of this world. But before long, I was guided to choose what is permanent and lasting agains t what is temporary and perishable. And so I have asked you to beseech God on my behalf that I may be your companion in Paradise.’

The Prophet remained silent for a long while and then asked: ‘Any other request besides that, Rabi’ah?’ ‘No, O Messenger of God, Nothing can match what I have asked you.’ ‘Then, in that case, assist me for your sake by performing much prostration to God.’
So I began to exert myself in worship in order to attain the good fortune of being with the Prophet in Paradise just as I had the good fortune of being in his service and being his companion in this world.

Pelabuhan, karya Tyas Tatanka

Kenapa tak pernah kau tambatkan.
perahumu di satu dermaga?
Padahal kulihat, bukan hanya satu.
pelabuhan tenang yang mau menerima.
kehadiran kapalmu!
Kalau dulu memang pernah ada.
satu pelabuhan kecil, yang kemudian.
harus kau lupakan,
mengapa tak kau cari pelabuhan lain,
yang akan memberikan rasa damai yang lebih?
Seandainya kau mau,
buka tirai di sanubarimu, dan kau akan tahu,
pelabuhan mana yang ingin kau singgahi untuk selamanya,
hingga pelabuhan itu jadi rumahmu,
rumah dan pelabuhan hatimu.
 

Puisi Emha Ainun Najib

akan ke manakah angin melayang
tatkala turun senja nan muram
pada siapa lagu kuangankan
kelam dalam kabut rindu tertahan
datanglah engkau berbaring di sisiku
turun dan berbisik tepat di sampingku
belenggulah seluruh tubuh dan sukmaku
kuingin menjerit dalam pelukanmu
akan kemanakah berarak awan
bagi siapa mata kupejamkan
pecah bulan dalam ombak lautan
dahan-dahan di hati berguguran