10 CHINESE WISDOM

1. Perjalanan seribu mil diawali dengan sebuah langkah.

2. Sebuah batu permata tidak bisa dipoles tanpa gesekan, seperti halnya seorang manusia disempurnakan dengan cobaan hidup.

3. Lebih baik menyalakan lilin daripada mengutuk kegelapan.

4. Yang bertanya seperti orang bodoh selama lima menit lebih baik daripada yang tidak bertanya, karena ia tetap bodoh selamanya.

5. Jika Anda ingin tak seorang pun mengetahuinya, jangan melakukannya.

6. Berikan seseorang seekor ikan, dan anda memberinya makan untuk sehari. Tetapi ajarkan seseorang untuk menangkap ikan, dan anda memberinya makan untuk seumur hidup.

7. Waktu terbaik untuk menanam sebuah pohon adalah dua puluh tahun yang lalu. Waktu terbaik kedua, adalah: mulailah hari ini.

8. Bila Anda ingin tahu masa lalu Anda – lihatlah kondisi Anda saat ini. Bila Anda ingin tahu masa depan Anda – lihatlah tindakan-tindakan Anda saat ini.

9. Sebuah pembicaraan dengan seorang bijak adalah lebih baik daripada sepuluh tahun menuntut ilmu.

10. Sebagian dari hidup adalah apa yang kita tentukan, dan sebagian lagi ditentukan oleh teman-teman yang kita pilih.

IF TOMORROW NEVER COMES

If  I  knew it would be the last time that I’d see you fall asleep, I would tuck you in more tightly and pray the Lord your soul to keep.

If  I knew it would be the last time that I see you walk out the door, I would give you a hug and kiss and call you back for one more.

If  I knew it would be the last time I’d hear your voice lifted up in praise,I would videotape each action and word, so I could play them back day after day.

If  I knew it would be the last time I could spare an extra minute or two to stop and say “I love you”, instead of assuming, you would know I do

If  I knew it would be the last time I would be there to share your day,well I’m sure you’ll have so many more, so I can let just this one slip away

For surely there’s always tomorrow to make up for an oversight, and we always get a second chance to make everything right.

There will always be another day to say our “I love you’s”, and certainly there’s another chance to say our “Anything I can do’s ?”

But just in case I might be wrong, and today is all I get, I’d like to say how much I love you and I hope we never forget.

Tomorrow is not promised to anyone, young or old alike, and today may be the last chance you get to hold your loved one tight.

For if tomorrow never comes, you’ll surely regret the day, so if you’re waiting for tomorrow, why not do it today ?

That you didn’t take that extra time for a smile, a hug or a kiss and you were too busy  to grant someone, what turned out to be their one last wish

So hold your loved ones close today, whisper in their ear, tell them how much you love them and that you’ll always hold them dear.

Take time to say “I’m sorry,” “please forgive me,” “thank you” or “it’s okay”.

And if tomorrow never comes, you’ll have no regrets about today

(www.quickinspirations.com)

N.B : Puisi di atas saya dapatkan sewaktu menghadiri parenting seminar  “Words that break, words that heal“

WORDS THAT BREAK, WORDS THAT HEAL

27 Juni 2007, saya menghadiri parenting seminar di sekolah Airin yang bertajuk “Words that break, words that heal”. Pembicaranya adalah DR Flora D. Calleja, seorang psikolog senior.

Pada awal seminar..

PEARL

Ada kata-kata bagus yang saya baca di beliefnet :

“A pearl is a beautiful thing that is produced by an injured life

It is the tear that results from the injury of the oyster

The treasure of our being in this world is also produced by an injured life

If we had not been wounded, if we had not been injured, then we will not produce the pearl.”

by : Stephan Hoeller