A Fata Morgana 5

Thursday 04 August 2011,

Today is my second sons birthday, I thank to the Lord for blessing him with good health and education. He is not a kind of reactive person but often stay being calm when something happens to him. In at so many times I have to ask him whether he needed help from me. The answer is often “no thank you I can handle it.” He is quite different from his elder brother who is more reactive and even sensitive in taking action. As a father I love them with sincere no matter what attitude they act in live. Because I know that love will overcome any difficulties and the deficiencies.

I wanted to teach them how to live with others in harmony by being a giver. They have to mobilize and sharpen their talents and integrated them as their individual characters both mentally and physically so that they can share something purely and originally from their own, not using other idea or concept. They have to exercise critical thinking and make up their own mind, at the same time stay away from being a follower. Of course, others’ opinion can be used as references. It will make their contribution be unique and needed by others to complement the gap.

Then from this thought I found that living harmony with other needs to share yours uniquely. If you do something like copying someone else attitude then you will arrive at situation where you become competitors or follower. Be competitors was not always bad because we need to fight for winning something, but being competitor in a team could weaken the team itself. No one can get benefit from it.

I asked my daughter to congratulate her brother on his birthday, but she refused to call him at that time since she was very sure that his brother was still sleeping. I agree with her and let her call him later. I have learnt from her answer was if we love someone we should know his or her habits and characters.

This morning my daughter left for school a little bit late since her school car came late. I showed her nervous and I came to her saying not to worry so much it was no problem to be late sometime but not so often. She is a kind of person who is easily be nervous if something happened not in order, however in real live we often went through something which are not always in order. Then I realized that we have to prepare ourselves to face and unplanned condition and ready to take a risk. It will put us away from being stressed that could increase our adrenaline.

I just got call from my colleague in RSUP Cipto Mangunkusumu that someone that I first supported to get help from donator for his face tumor has already gotten a medical operation. I hope he could recover soon and feel confidence of him self. I am so surprised with the fact that an initiative to do something helpful (in this case to raise fund) could save someone life from being hopeless. I believe if most people try to do their best to take an initiative to do something helpful, we, as nation, could be away from being poor among the some rich man, hungry, unfair justice, and unfair live, unfriendly environment.

I want to stop here since I have to do something else for work. I will always remind my self of being a giver with my whole heart, soul and mind and power and let a Fata Morgana challenge me to run more a more.