Thursday, December 25, 2008
Puas, bahagia, sukses, atau apalah
"Eh, katanya si A keterima kerja di perusahaan X ya?"
"Iya."
"Hebat yaaaa? Waw... bla bla bla..."
"Err...," *mendengarkan dengan gak minat*
"Ya." *akhirnya memilih berkomentar singkat*
Too many times! I heard people commenting on other's achievements.
Salahkah diriku? Kalau sama sekali tidak tertarik dengan hal-hal "besar" yang dicapai mereka?
Salahkah diriku? Kalau nggak ngiler menginginkan so-called "kesuksesan", atau apalah yg dinilai "sukses" menurut orang lain?
Menurutku,
Kita baru bisa iri sama orang lain ketika misalnya dia kehilangan nyawa waktu lagi volunteer menyelamatkan korban bencana alam....
Atau mendirikan sekolah untuk orang-orang miskin, dan rela harta benda waktu dan tenaga semuanya tercurah untuk kepentingan mereka...
Atau menginspirasi orang lain dengan ilmu yang berguna...
Daripada kalau ada yg keterima kerja di perusahaan besar, jadi eksekutip muda, atau apalah itu.
Lebih baik nih ya, daripada hidup penuh so-called "achievements" itu...
Enakan bisa hidup bahagia, adem ayem aman tentram, setiap hari..
Being loved, and loving other people..
Dan kalau sudah begitu, kebahagiaan seringkali muncul justru lewat hal-hal sederhana,
Seperti misalnya menikmati jalan kaki di kanal-kanal sepanjang negenstraatjes sore hari, waktu matahari terbenam dengan indahnya,
Sipping a good coffee and having good laugh with friends,
Holding my husband's hands while we walked to the tram station.
I think happiness doesn't start from achieving what others can...
But it starts from ourself.
When we could value what we achieve every single moment - no matter what it is
When we could accept and respect ourself, be humble and true to ourself
When we're able to enjoy anything we do, every second and everyday
and to love the ones who love us :)
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2 comments:
i think,
everybody has their own definition of "success"
everybody has their own standard of happiness
tapi g tau deh kalo yang suka bragging about others achievements.
mungkin, simply, mereka cuma cari bahan pembicaraan xD
Ya, ya. Perhaps.
Suka sedih aja, kalau ada orang2 yg kurang bisa appreciate small things in life :)
Cari bahan pembicaraan? Owwwh, thats so lame. There are other tons interesting stuff to talk about, like barrack obama. Or the war in Iraq :D Well not exactly those, but u know what I mean :D
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