Create a Life, Not Just Life

"Your Successes and happiness are forgiven you only if you generously consent to share them.- The success and happiness will be very mean if you want to share with other people. "Albert Camus

To be able to simply live, maybe we need not bother to look for opportunities or thinking about how to improve the quality and benefit ourselves. However, as the most special creatures of God's creation YME, we are obliged to obtain meaningful life. We must do all it can. A wise proverb says, "Find a meaningful need and fill it better than anyone else. - Go for something meaningful, and use every opportunity that is better than anyone. "

There are several steps to make our lives more meaningful. The first step is to increase the willingness to learn. Humans have a remarkable mind, then use the mind to learn to make progress in life. We can learn from many things, among others is to learn to experience life, failure, everyday events, people and so on. So continue to increase the willingness to learn.

The second step of our lives so that more means are trying to do something to get closer to the desired dream. Work harder, more active or productive. This step is very effective in increasing the possibility of getting money, property or anything of value to humans.

One thing that should be used as guidelines that the hard work was not simply chasing 5 P, the power (power), position (position), pleasure (joy), prestige (the authority) and prosperity (wealth).Every effort is oriented only to the five it does guarantee success or even the result of abundant

modulus, but does not guarantee a pleasant end. An example is a fact about eight people millionaires in the United States who gathered at the Hotel Edge Water Beach in Chicago, Illinois in 1923. They are the people who are successful, but the tragic fate 25 years later.

One of them is Charles Schwab, CEO of leading steel companies at the time, which is Bethlehem Steel. But Charles Schwab total bankruptcy. So he was forced into debt to finance her life for 5 years before he died. The second was Richard Whitney, president of the New York Stock Exchange. But this man had spent the rest of his life in prison Sing Sing. The third person was Jesse Livermore, the king of shares "The Great Bear" on Wall Street. But he committed suicide.

The fourth person was "The Match King", Ivar Krueger, CEO of copyrights, who also committed suicide. Likewise with Leon Fraser, Chairman of the Bank of International Settlement, he committed suicide. The sixth is Hupson Howard, CEO of the largest gas company in North America. But he was mentally ill and being treated in a psychiatric hospital

until the end of his life. Arthur Cutton was previously the largest flour mill owners in the world, but he died in another country. Meanwhile, Albert Fall, the time he was a member of the president's cabinet

United States. But he died at his home in Texas when he had just come out of prison.

In this world not a few people who had been very successful, but languished in the last years of their lives. Their lives as if it does not mean though previously very wealthy. The best efforts it can make a big success, but that does not mean a guarantee of a final human life as meaningful.

Therefore the next step we have to do is to balance hard work with acts of kindness. A writer in the 20th century the French nationals, André Gide, it defines the good as follows: "True kindness presupposes the faculty of Imagining as one's own the suffering and joys of others. --

Real good is the ability to feel pain and happiness of others. "

Hard work balanced with doing good will result in high spirit to get more than what is needed.This was driven by a desire to be able to share happiness with others. In the end the good of the positive impact of the spirit of life, motivation, and progress

and economic attitudes. James Allen, author of a book called As a Man Thinketh says, "Thought and good deeds could not bring bad results; thoughts and bad deeds are not

may bring good results. "

By studying, working hard and doing good then we will be able to create a life far more meaningful. The steps as described above proved very effective also make a positive impression of ourselves is not easily forgotten. I believe that we still have a lot of opportunities and potential to obtain the precious lives wherever and whatever our job.

Source: Make A Life, Not Merely A Living - Create a Life, Not Just Life by Andrew Ho.(www.resensi.net)

Live's to Give

On one afternoon when I got home from work by riding a motorcycle, I was served a little drama is very interesting, a little boy aged about ten years with very sigapnya sidelines overtaking vehicle density disebuah red light intersection in Jakarta.

With a package that enough diayunkannya blue bicycle, while distributing the packet, he greeted familiar everyone, from Tailor newspapers, street sweeper, until Mr. Tuna homestead police.

This scene made me interested, my mind immediately drifted to imagine what the child is given with the package, did he sell? "What if he sells a homeless may become permanent customers or ...??, To kill my curiosity, I followed the little boy until disebrang road, then I immediately greeted the child to whom I talked. De, "may my brother asked"? please brother, if I may know that just ketukang sister newspapers distributed, janitors, even begging the police officer, then what?, oh ... that little parcel of rice and side dishes kak, kak's why!, with a little surprise, as he asked . Oh .. no! , Brother Just interested in how you distribute the package, you look familiar and quite familiar with them. What you've known them? Then,

This little brother began, "First! I and my mother just as they were only a homeless ", every day working just a lot of people expect compassion, and the big brother live in Jakarta know that difficult, until we often do not eat, our daytime heat and nighttime cold plus our during the rainy season we were often in the rain, when we remember the first time, we were very, very sad, but after my mother opened the rice shop, our family life began to improve.

Thus the mother is always reminding me, that there are still many difficult people like us first, so if we are given a sufficient livelihood, why we can not share them.

That my mother always said "life should mean for many people", because when we go back to the Creator there is nothing we carry, just one that we bring the love of neighbor and the Charity and our good deeds, if today we can practice something good for many people, why we should delay.

Because according to my mother aged man is too short, today we have it all, but an hour later or tomorrow we are called the Creator, "What do we bring"?. The words of this little brother was stabbed my heart, at that moment I felt like a useless person, even I felt no more than a piece of junk is useless, than this little brother.

I have been feeling a great person with education and high position, but for something like this, I feel more stupid than this little boy, I am ashamed and very embarrassed. Well .. Lord, Forgive me, it was wealth, greatness and position did not take me to Thee.

Only the perfect love and faith and your hope to be with me who went to Heaven. Thank you little brother, you are my angel that brought me from my sleep.

(Love is patient, love is kind; he was not jealous. Does not demand its own way. He did not do that are not polite and did not seek its own way. He is not angry and does not save other people's mistakes. He does not rejoice because injustice, but because of the truth. He covers all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails.)

Do the little things, by sharing this story with everyone, hopefully the results obtained from this small thing a big impact for many people.

Thomas - 26/7/08

Source : www.resensi.net

Volunteer Elite, Political Volunteer?

That a disaster can be a political opportunity, seems to have been from the beginning it was a lot of concerns presented by the elite themselves. In a series of trips to Aceh, the IT Volunteer Team of the White Water to meet their own reality.

We felt since the beginning of this. Many of sending volunteers boarded by political interests.Likewise motif2 their operations at the disaster site. All of such a race to get credit points with the outrageous behavior egocentrism, embarrassing and even tend to make me sick.

Many people take advantage of this situation for the less sincere, get sympathy and heroism.Something absurd in emergency and critical conditions of this kind. For the real heroes are the victims and survivors, not volunteers or officers and public officials.

Being a volunteer is a humanitarian duty calls, not an attitude for other purposes. The officers and public officials, even the politicians, they have to do this because that's his job. They are paid by the state, the people's money and political obligations of the office should be accountable to the public. Once again, it is not part of the heroic.

So that when they are, positioning itself as an elite who should be the priority and therefore make a more sincere misi2 forced to step aside or even canceled rescheduled to leave, then it is a betrayal of our saudara2 who are suffering. AirPutih experienced team and see this fact very sad.

In halim, piles of assistance as no one noticed or care. Both the terminal and in the area Lanud runaway. Some very busy military aircraft to facilitate officials and party elite and the volunteers who did not clear what business to Aceh. Even become a celebrity event when the electronic media to cover the exposure scenarios and dramatization. Forget journalistic ethics distorted political order.

On the other hand, tens and hundreds of volunteers from all over the country, waiting to appear displaced uncertain departure. Even with in-semena2 cancel, expelled and even scolded by the petugas2 overbearing. What they do not have a conscience again and looked at himself far more noble than the volunteers who provide one's life and his property is? They reach out with sincerity while the officers were just doing tasks that do not Itupun with incompetent!

Any condition in the same area, from Yogyakarta, Malang and other daerah2 in the news that they did not get a definite departure schedule either through commercial or government / military. Whereas the concentration of aid and volunteers stacked dimana2. All needed immediately to Aceh and not a single line of bureaucracy that could provide solutions. Finally they had to leave with a variety of ways, football supporter who just want to "ngelurug", watching the teams play hero.

Indeed the officers and officials that they are much despised, because of the precarious situation of this kind do not apa2 while they had the power that enables them to provide resources and great benefits for all parties for help in Aceh, who was crying blood.

Every second in Aceh must be paid with their lives! And very little bureaucracy in this country who have this kind of intellectual awareness.

It is precisely the foreign fleet (Australia, U.S.) with strict priority transport and volunteer assistance. Without selection and political discrimination even with an international carrier services like first class!

Tim AirPutih felt alone, how a team of Australian military can be very friendly and caring even though constrained language and culture. Much nicer than first class airline service this country.Before and during their journey was to serve, even the toilet affairs in their Hercules aircraft had notice and give notice to each volunteer who ride.

When passing along the west coast of Aceh, they gave the volunteers the opportunity to do field observations from the air. Flying at close range with a low altitude that we know it is very risky and they still do! So they showed real mental qualities as a team working for humanitarian tasks. I and some fellow volunteers and the PMI White Water is there, really feel ashamed that our own nation was not memililiki mental awareness and a kind of brotherhood in humanity's.

In Aceh airport, we experienced a similar situation again. On the one hand, a large number of foreign workers, U.S. Navy helicopters and transport goods alat2 seems to work nonstop without a lot of bi ba bu, even those like robots who already know exactly what should be done effectively and efficiently. Without much talking!

On the other hand, a large number of officers and officials busy we just looked at each other and arguing just to deal with traffic officials, including President SBY. They work hard just to keep you happy. While a large amount of aid to the people, they do not care. Even just a complicated bureaucracy remains to be done and the incredible obstacles.

The author met a lot of teams that have been waiting Volunteer berjam2 and should berhari2 even back and forth to the airport just to get their barang2, including the distribution of much needed obat2an. Heavy transport was very difficult to find. All officers should be responsible for hands-off look.

Some Volunteer Team, it seems to work with own initiative without any coordination. PMI example of a combination of various regions, to work hard caring for refugees dg. conditions of all pathetic and crude. Emergency tents had not they look longer accommodate, while not far from that location, a number of classy tents stand for supporting the visit of officials and the elite group of volunteers. That even to serve the community they have a special escort. It's a paradoxical situation.

Joint Red Cross team at the airport, claims, since they arrived (with the same difficulties), a few days ago, they have not even the primary location of the disaster (Banda Aceh city center).First, they do not have a supporting team on site, no transportation second and third no one coordinating the distribution of volunteers. They work with own initiative and did not know where to go to get medical equipment and obat2an they need. And they pile on the other side of relief goods and of course in which there obat2an, sitting just neglected.

They finally decided to assign myself in the area of the airport because no available adequate medical team there, although many refugees scattered around the airport. Including orang2 displaced who want to get out from Aceh.

Similarly, a large number of new Volunteer Team arrived, seemed perplexed, not knowing what to where and how. Transportation not available and there is no airport or bureaucratic officials who feel responsible to serve them. Once again, they are more concerned about the official visit or just want to serve an elite team of volunteers sponsored by the authorities or bring misi2 poilitis.

The answer is very sad that we received, all the military transport trucks and even entirely used up for the evacuation of bodies around the location where President SBY to visit. Even a large number of corpses was relocated to the invisible tempat2. Jalan2 cleaned with extraordinary effort. Suddenly, all the facilities available, electricity, water, communications and so on. rare commodity in short all such previously impossible can be held in Banda Aceh.

The question is, if they are able to do that, why only now do? Just because the official visit? And why the effort and also the facility and then stopped again when the president had returned to Jakarta? Yet it somehow remains jenazah2 must be immediately evacuated.

In fact, people just need it all after all the officials fled from Aceh.

We saw and heard the story, that the official posko2 in the city center is now controlled by an elite team of volunteers with flashy uniforms and also have exceptional facilities. When people clean water shortages, they are still able to bathe and dress. They can eat in front of people who have been starving for a whole week. Even the governor's post, from Anjar and Valens reports, has turned into infotainment multinational studio with exceptional facilities and complete cosmetic relawan2 working for political purposes, imagery, dramatization, etc. medium capitalization.

In all directions while the disaster site, volunteers, journalists, foreign volunteers also really worked hard with the same condition with tattered victims they serve, and continue to fight resource2 always get priority for kepentingan2 unclear. Resources needed for the people of Aceh.

Last night, I had time to reflect on the post and shed tears, seeing misfortune of Aceh, a very beautiful country with people so strong and resilient but are stuck in disaster management chicanery in an extraordinary state creep. I pray, may the true victims and volunteers to get the power and the way to resolve this humanitarian mission.

I and the team teman2 AirPutih feel a little embarrassed and before the great humanitarian work has been, is and will continue them (volunteers and victims) did. We have not done apa2 and feel unworthy to be here. (Salahuddien)

Source: M. Salahuddien (PatakaID), IT Volunteer Team in Aceh - www.acehmediacenter.or.id

Mobilizing All the Best Power of Being

In the process of our lives as human beings, especially those of us who live in the community at large and who are striving hard to create quality of a better life, often in contact with other people, we see good or bad from the treatment of others on self - us, instead we are to others, or we are to ourselves and those of their own. Such attitudes are very reasonable and very natural that can occur in relationships between munusia for anyone, anytime and anywhere we are.

But if we are conscious as humans who have a healthy mind, which can distinguish the good attitude and bad, where the positive and negative, which is constructive, and destructive attitudes which can offend, hurt and attitudes which may please others, which needs to be preserved, maintained and developed continuously.

As a human being can understand, realize and can think clearly, clearly we must be able to choose and dare to determine attitudes, with all his energy, time and mind to continue to develop themselves as much as that can be done in line of principle a better and positive.

Should also at all times to realize and remind us to remain steadfast, courageous, patient and resilient in the face any problems, obstacles, pitfalls, both coming from outside ourselves (external), the more that comes from within ourselves (internal). We must have strong principles and has a self-assertiveness.

It is not an easy thing to do, only through the process of training for training, learning and learning that exist in real life practice. Eventually of course we'll get used to Remain steadfast face any challenging conditions and still strive to be the best in any situation.

Thus not only do we navigate the increasingly mature in this life, certainly the quality of our lives will get better, more suksesâ € | well be influential and useful also for others.

Again. With all my strength. to be the best

Source: Mobilizing All the Power of Being the Best by Andrie Wongso (www.resensi.net)