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The word "loving your self" can be unfamiliar to a lot of people. Most people don't like themselves - they feel they are not good enough and they keep blaming themselves for their failures. Even worse, most people are not happy with their lives, believing that they are a failure for not being able to afford the lives they want to have. It may stem from the very basic human nature - people like to complain, for whatever reason, there is always something to make them unhappy - the hard to explain insatiable needs. How can we deal effectively with this very nature? The easy antidote will be to love your life, or to love what you have. But how? Of course, it is easier said than done.
Loving your life means loving yourself, both terms go hand in hand and they can be synonymous. When you love yourself, you love your life and, as a result, you enjoy your life more. It is important that you feel positive about your life because feelings are infectious. When you are grumpy the people around you will get grumpy. When you are positive, you create a positive environment and you help people feel positive about their lives. In a positive environment, people support each other and you will get the best from life.
It is important to keep your feelings in check because negative environment can be dangerous. Again, feelings are infectious - your complaining nature may create a negative, if not hostile environment. Under such a circumstance, not only existing problems do not get solved, you add more problems to the already chaotic environment. You can never underestimate the multiplier effect, especially when it is negative, as it can create a downward spiral, a vicious circle. Once you are in a vicious circle, it can lead to a trap that will take a tremendous effort to get out. When we are talking about domino effect of negativity, we don't have to talk about being tied to addictions such as drugs, cigarettes or gambling. Those are extreme examples. We can talk about a simple example such as you were upset for being late to work, then you blamed the traffic and the government, then you told your co-worker about it, then your co-worker got upset because she couldn't focus on her work, then her boss got upset because the deadline was missed. Then the entire office got upset because the boss was mad to everybody. Then you came home upset, then your family got upset because you were upset, then you were so upset that you forgot to pay an overdue bill, then you got even more upset to pay the late fee, and so on, and so on. Something has to be done when you see the earliest sign of upsetting emotions to stop the spiraling effect.
Therefore, it is important that you learn to love yourself so that you can love your life. How? The first step can be to realize that your life is a gift from God and God knows best, way beyond human. There is a mystery in life, we simply must believe that God creates us for a purpose, a good purpose. And if anything, whatever we do, we do it for God. It means that to do your best in life is to show gratitude to God for the gift. On the other hand, to complain about life is to complain about God's policy. It is patronizing! It is like you think you are better than God and you start telling God what to do. When something doesn't go the way you think it should go, you might want to take a deeper look to see the hidden message sent by God. Challenges always provide us with something to learn.
There are many ways that you can do to start to love yourself. First, you can explore your dreams. Your life is at your disposal, you have every right to follow your heart and you have the privilege to choose what you believe are the best for you. Listening to your heart allows you to have a purpose in life and you can start by developing interests in whatever makes you happy. Then you can start building up your strengths to enable you to accomplish your dreams. Another way to help you love yourself is to give your love to others. You cannot love others if you don't love yourself first. Loving others creates a push for you to start learning to love yourself.
What if we feel upset anyway for life is full with upsetting incidents. Being upset is part of being human, and we want to acknowledge our humanity. Of course, feeling positive takes efforts and it takes a lot of self discipline. It is easy to get back to the old pattern of prone to being irritable. But, it is a matter of choice. If you want to have a good life, you may want to learn to overcome the negativity.
Oleh : Rini Palupi Radikun
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There Are Miracles In Life
In our efforts to keep things on perspective, we human beings live in a skeptical world. We want everything to make sense and we tend to rely heavily on logical thinking. The purpose is quite simple - we want to be precautious. We want to carefully run our lives so as not to create unnecessary problems in the future. In business, it is very important to be reasonable to minimize risk. In daily life, we want to avoid disappointments from unfulfilled expectations. It is only human nature to want to be in control. As a matter of fact, there are many benefits can be derived from logical thinking:
Convenience - logical thinking provides easy understanding of ideas due to the linear, structured and sequential nature.
Replication - when we know how to generate the idea / concept, we can generate it again in the future, as much as others can generate it too.
Fact based decision making - when making decisions, we want to make sure that we come up with the right solutions addressing actual, not imaginary, problems.
Nevertheless, there is an invisible power out there beyond logical thinking. Leaving out supernatural things, what would we say about serendipity, intuition, inclinations, like & dislike, charm/ charisma, love, interests, and others? In addition, a lot of times decisions are not based on logic. How many times do we use feelings in making our choices? Is it possible that we do it all the time? In business, we will not hire someone or buy something from people we don't like. In daily life, we don't want to do things we don't like, sometimes to the level of being unfair or detrimental. For instance: choosing to go out with friends than spending the evening with our parents.
Talking about feelings, there is something not logical in life that we really don't want to miss - miracles. Miracle is a hard to explain phenomenon, something which, under normal circumstances, should not or could not possibly have happened. But it happens anyway...
People don't want to believe in miracles because they want to keep everything in check. Then, when the miracle happens they believe it is a pure coincidence, a pure luck that they don't want to count on. However, can human survive the existence for so long if we only depend on things within the grasp of our minds? How can we explain compassion, how can we explain patriotism, spirituality, and others? What about defending your rights or fighting for your beliefs. There are things in life that cannot be easily explained or simply beyond the human mind. Even science has proven the existence of things beyond our normal senses.
In relation to miracles, sometimes good things happen to us without us having to make the conscious efforts, something that we should be grateful for. Yet, sometimes people don't want to believe their luck and try to run away from it. Examples will include celebrities who cannot handle their fame, especially when it comes by storm. We see how people who get rich too fast lose their balance and trip. But those are the most extreme examples. In daily life, when someone is being nice, we tend to assume a hidden interest. Can we take the person as simply being nice? Meanwhile, some people consciously or unconsciously mess up their lives for not being able to handle the good things. Some ruin their career for gambling or deny a promotion for fear of not being able to live up to the expectations. Men leave their faithful wives for bitches, etc. Therefore, some people actually prefer the bad than the good.
Why is it difficult for people to take the good things in life? We cannot accept the good thing because we don't believe that we deserve it. We don't believe that we are worth it. As a matter of fact, some people find it hard to be optimistic and find it easier to be negative. It may relate to the way we see ourselves - do we have enough respect and love to ourselves? When we respect ourselves, we respect our lives. It takes courage to be able to accept ourselves and be grateful for who we are. There are many things in life that we should be grateful for, and a lot of times they come in subtlest forms. It is the ability to see the miracles in life which makes us able to see the bigger power, the other dimensions that add to the richness of life.
Oleh : Rini Palupi Radikun
Convenience - logical thinking provides easy understanding of ideas due to the linear, structured and sequential nature.
Replication - when we know how to generate the idea / concept, we can generate it again in the future, as much as others can generate it too.
Fact based decision making - when making decisions, we want to make sure that we come up with the right solutions addressing actual, not imaginary, problems.
Nevertheless, there is an invisible power out there beyond logical thinking. Leaving out supernatural things, what would we say about serendipity, intuition, inclinations, like & dislike, charm/ charisma, love, interests, and others? In addition, a lot of times decisions are not based on logic. How many times do we use feelings in making our choices? Is it possible that we do it all the time? In business, we will not hire someone or buy something from people we don't like. In daily life, we don't want to do things we don't like, sometimes to the level of being unfair or detrimental. For instance: choosing to go out with friends than spending the evening with our parents.
Talking about feelings, there is something not logical in life that we really don't want to miss - miracles. Miracle is a hard to explain phenomenon, something which, under normal circumstances, should not or could not possibly have happened. But it happens anyway...
People don't want to believe in miracles because they want to keep everything in check. Then, when the miracle happens they believe it is a pure coincidence, a pure luck that they don't want to count on. However, can human survive the existence for so long if we only depend on things within the grasp of our minds? How can we explain compassion, how can we explain patriotism, spirituality, and others? What about defending your rights or fighting for your beliefs. There are things in life that cannot be easily explained or simply beyond the human mind. Even science has proven the existence of things beyond our normal senses.
In relation to miracles, sometimes good things happen to us without us having to make the conscious efforts, something that we should be grateful for. Yet, sometimes people don't want to believe their luck and try to run away from it. Examples will include celebrities who cannot handle their fame, especially when it comes by storm. We see how people who get rich too fast lose their balance and trip. But those are the most extreme examples. In daily life, when someone is being nice, we tend to assume a hidden interest. Can we take the person as simply being nice? Meanwhile, some people consciously or unconsciously mess up their lives for not being able to handle the good things. Some ruin their career for gambling or deny a promotion for fear of not being able to live up to the expectations. Men leave their faithful wives for bitches, etc. Therefore, some people actually prefer the bad than the good.
Why is it difficult for people to take the good things in life? We cannot accept the good thing because we don't believe that we deserve it. We don't believe that we are worth it. As a matter of fact, some people find it hard to be optimistic and find it easier to be negative. It may relate to the way we see ourselves - do we have enough respect and love to ourselves? When we respect ourselves, we respect our lives. It takes courage to be able to accept ourselves and be grateful for who we are. There are many things in life that we should be grateful for, and a lot of times they come in subtlest forms. It is the ability to see the miracles in life which makes us able to see the bigger power, the other dimensions that add to the richness of life.
Oleh : Rini Palupi Radikun
The Way We Deal With Failures
All of us want to be successful in life - it is only part of human nature. However, not many of us are willing to take the other side of success - failure. We see failures like a disease to avoid, as if it is not ok to fail. As a matter of fact, we look down to people who fail. Life is all about winning, no one would like to be a loser and the word "loser" is as threatening as a time bomb. Some people take failures to the extremes that they opt for a suicide. Fail and you are not worth of living.
It is funny, if not ridiculous at times, to see how strong people react to failure. The thing is, success comes with failures. It is like the two sides of a coin or a double edged sword. Success and failure come in a package and you cannot have one without the other. If only we can be successful without failures at all... But life doesn't go that way. It is almost like we cannot succeed without failing. Thomas Alva Edison had to do hundreds of experiments before he finally found the light bulb. He even said that genius is 1% talent and 99% hard work. It means that to succeed we have to go through a series of failures. And for those who cannot take the failures, they'd better not expect any success at all. Some people are so lucky to have a successful life delivered in a silver platter to their hands. But those are exceptional cases and most likely they cannot survive turmoil should it ever happen to their lives. The real winners are those who can go through the life's ups and downs, most of them had to undergo life shattering challenges.
All of us have to deal with failures at some point in our lives, whether we like it or not. It is part of life. However, the way we deal with it is what separates winners from losers. We know the term "crack under pressure" to describe those who cannot withstand life challenges. Not many can, let alone are willing to, deal with failures. Dealing with failures is not an easy task, and not many can actually make it. That's why there are only a few numbers of winners and people put so much high regard to the winners. If they have to be honest, not many people are actually willing to go through what the winners have gone through. It seems like we have a higher chance of failing than succeeding, in which case we'd better learn how to face it with a big heart.
What will be the better way to deal with failures? First, failing is not the same as being a loser. We see that failures are synonymous with challenges and people give a big admiration to those who have the courage to face the challenges of life, whether they succeed or fail. The courage itself what makes someone a winner. People loathe losers because losers are not willing to even try. People don't like the trait of giving in, not the failing. Troopers die in a war, but they die with honor, no one patronizes them for failing to survive. Troopers die as a hero. Therefore, we can fail and be winners because we fight to the end. Losers don't fight, it's a different story. Both fail but they are not the same.
Second, failures provide the opportunity to learn. By conducting the experiments hundreds of times, Edison learned how to create a light bulb. Each step, if we can consider it a failure, brought him to the next level. We cannot get to the hundredth of steps without the first, second, third steps and so on. Winners are those who keep rising after the falls, because each fall brings them the impetus, the new energy and spirit to start over. Failing provides the downtime to retreat, rest and recharge the battery so that we can come back fresh and strong. Success and failure are like day and night, each takes the turns so that the other may exist. Both are like buddies, without one the other cannot exist.
Third, if we see failures as a test, we simply have to believe that God will not give a test unless He knows that the person is big enough for the test. The bigger the challenge, the bigger the person. Therefore, it is an honor to receive such a big challenge, it means that God trusts us to be big enough for the challenge. It is like a recognition of our own abilities to handle tough situations. After all, who won't be honored to gain such a recognition by God Himself? Like winning an Oscar, isn't it?
Oleh : Rini Palupi Radikun
It is funny, if not ridiculous at times, to see how strong people react to failure. The thing is, success comes with failures. It is like the two sides of a coin or a double edged sword. Success and failure come in a package and you cannot have one without the other. If only we can be successful without failures at all... But life doesn't go that way. It is almost like we cannot succeed without failing. Thomas Alva Edison had to do hundreds of experiments before he finally found the light bulb. He even said that genius is 1% talent and 99% hard work. It means that to succeed we have to go through a series of failures. And for those who cannot take the failures, they'd better not expect any success at all. Some people are so lucky to have a successful life delivered in a silver platter to their hands. But those are exceptional cases and most likely they cannot survive turmoil should it ever happen to their lives. The real winners are those who can go through the life's ups and downs, most of them had to undergo life shattering challenges.
All of us have to deal with failures at some point in our lives, whether we like it or not. It is part of life. However, the way we deal with it is what separates winners from losers. We know the term "crack under pressure" to describe those who cannot withstand life challenges. Not many can, let alone are willing to, deal with failures. Dealing with failures is not an easy task, and not many can actually make it. That's why there are only a few numbers of winners and people put so much high regard to the winners. If they have to be honest, not many people are actually willing to go through what the winners have gone through. It seems like we have a higher chance of failing than succeeding, in which case we'd better learn how to face it with a big heart.
What will be the better way to deal with failures? First, failing is not the same as being a loser. We see that failures are synonymous with challenges and people give a big admiration to those who have the courage to face the challenges of life, whether they succeed or fail. The courage itself what makes someone a winner. People loathe losers because losers are not willing to even try. People don't like the trait of giving in, not the failing. Troopers die in a war, but they die with honor, no one patronizes them for failing to survive. Troopers die as a hero. Therefore, we can fail and be winners because we fight to the end. Losers don't fight, it's a different story. Both fail but they are not the same.
Second, failures provide the opportunity to learn. By conducting the experiments hundreds of times, Edison learned how to create a light bulb. Each step, if we can consider it a failure, brought him to the next level. We cannot get to the hundredth of steps without the first, second, third steps and so on. Winners are those who keep rising after the falls, because each fall brings them the impetus, the new energy and spirit to start over. Failing provides the downtime to retreat, rest and recharge the battery so that we can come back fresh and strong. Success and failure are like day and night, each takes the turns so that the other may exist. Both are like buddies, without one the other cannot exist.
Third, if we see failures as a test, we simply have to believe that God will not give a test unless He knows that the person is big enough for the test. The bigger the challenge, the bigger the person. Therefore, it is an honor to receive such a big challenge, it means that God trusts us to be big enough for the challenge. It is like a recognition of our own abilities to handle tough situations. After all, who won't be honored to gain such a recognition by God Himself? Like winning an Oscar, isn't it?
Oleh : Rini Palupi Radikun
To Become Just Like Bamboo
Once upon a time in a leafy village, trees grown around, a big mahogany tree grown so high, as if, he want to tell the world, how strong and powerful he was. Looks like he emitted his court to everyone who saw it. Not far from that mahogany tree, a bamboo grown side by side the mahogany tree. But if it is saw by opened eyes, just like sky and earth, that strong mahogany with its big branches, and a slight bamboo with its sagged-bough.
Even though they were totally different, they were always lived side by side, the humble bamboo always greeted the mahogany everyday, they talked to each other. The Mahogany Tree always proud to his self, how big and great. The Bamboo never bored to listen to the mahogany pride. Just smiled and flattered with his sincerity heart.
In one night, the heavy rain poured down in that village accompanied by wind blast. The thunderbolt shouted a loud, made that night so stricken. There were so many trees were toppled, because could not against the wind blast. The Mahogany Tree and The Bamboo were also blown by the wind blast. They were trying to stand out not crashed down to the ground.
The Mahogany Tree looked panic, trying to against the wind blast with his big bole. But his bole was not big enough to against the wind that blew so tight, finally The Mahogany Tree fell down to the ground. The Bamboo who was standing beside The Mahogany Tree also blown by the wind blast, but he didn’t against the wind blast, he just only followed where ever the wind blew him, so flexible. And finally, the wind blast passed away. The Bamboo remained standing beautifully, side by side with the Mahogany Tree who was toppled by the wind blast.
~In Pursuing of Success, a man is always faced by problems who come and go. But to be a success person should against that problems with our flexibility, follow and recognize the main problems we have and solve it with flexibility. Just like a bamboo who follow the wind blow so flexible. So that, we have to face the problems and no rigid to one solution. Because, if we are so rigid, and consider we are great without trying to be so flexible, by giving the same solution to one problems, just believe we will topple just like The Big Mahogany Tree~
Bodhi Taruna
www.successandwisdomenglish.blogspot.com
Even though they were totally different, they were always lived side by side, the humble bamboo always greeted the mahogany everyday, they talked to each other. The Mahogany Tree always proud to his self, how big and great. The Bamboo never bored to listen to the mahogany pride. Just smiled and flattered with his sincerity heart.
In one night, the heavy rain poured down in that village accompanied by wind blast. The thunderbolt shouted a loud, made that night so stricken. There were so many trees were toppled, because could not against the wind blast. The Mahogany Tree and The Bamboo were also blown by the wind blast. They were trying to stand out not crashed down to the ground.
The Mahogany Tree looked panic, trying to against the wind blast with his big bole. But his bole was not big enough to against the wind that blew so tight, finally The Mahogany Tree fell down to the ground. The Bamboo who was standing beside The Mahogany Tree also blown by the wind blast, but he didn’t against the wind blast, he just only followed where ever the wind blew him, so flexible. And finally, the wind blast passed away. The Bamboo remained standing beautifully, side by side with the Mahogany Tree who was toppled by the wind blast.
~In Pursuing of Success, a man is always faced by problems who come and go. But to be a success person should against that problems with our flexibility, follow and recognize the main problems we have and solve it with flexibility. Just like a bamboo who follow the wind blow so flexible. So that, we have to face the problems and no rigid to one solution. Because, if we are so rigid, and consider we are great without trying to be so flexible, by giving the same solution to one problems, just believe we will topple just like The Big Mahogany Tree~
Bodhi Taruna
www.successandwisdomenglish.blogspot.com
Developing Good Habits For Your Life
Competition is an inseparable part of business - to succeed, businesses have to compete with each other and only the best can survive. However, being the best is not only required in business, we know the term "survival of the fittest" from the early days. Competition is part of our daily activities, not necessarily for survival, in the pursuit of a rewarding and fulfilling life. The best competition is when we compete against ourselves, we strive for a better life and giving our best is the way we appreciate life.
Giving the best means giving the best efforts to the best of our abilities. Yet, efforts may require a lot of struggles and struggles can be quite painful for some people. Despite their good intention to do the best for their lives, people tend to shy away from pain. Can we be the best without having to struggle? Can we reach victory without sacrifice? It is part of human nature to want it easy. Butt, it is only fair to expect something if we are willing to pay for the price. There is no such thing as a free lunch. How can we make it easy, then?
Luckily, there is a mechanism in what we call "practice makes perfect." In the beginning, it is a struggle but as we do it more frequently, it is getting easier and easier until we gain a full mastery and everything becomes natural. This pattern applies to all aspects in our lives - whatever we do frequently will be a natural part of our daily lives, we'' do it even when we don't think about it. We call it a habit. Therefore, if we want competition to be easy, make it a habit. When we are used to giving our best efforts, we'll do it naturally, we are not even aware about it. When continued practices become a habit, we know for sure that it will be easy. It is only hard in the beginning, we just need to do it more often.
There is a downside of habit though. Once, we acquire it, it is really hard to dismiss. Therefore, be careful with our habits, we have to make sure that we develop only good habits. A bad habit can generate a life of it's own, we'll do it against our own will, for instance: smoking, gambling, drugs, etc. An addiction can be self destructive. But, just imagine that we are addicted to working hard, to giving the best, to being kind to people, to being generous. Life can be really beautiful and it is possible, isn't it?
After all, it is the action that matters. What we do create impacts, whether we are aware of it or not, whether we like it or not. Make sure that we know what we do, that we know our habits. Make sure that we only develop good habits.
Rini Palupi Radikun
Developing Good Habits For Your Life
RiniRdk@yahoo.com
Giving the best means giving the best efforts to the best of our abilities. Yet, efforts may require a lot of struggles and struggles can be quite painful for some people. Despite their good intention to do the best for their lives, people tend to shy away from pain. Can we be the best without having to struggle? Can we reach victory without sacrifice? It is part of human nature to want it easy. Butt, it is only fair to expect something if we are willing to pay for the price. There is no such thing as a free lunch. How can we make it easy, then?
Luckily, there is a mechanism in what we call "practice makes perfect." In the beginning, it is a struggle but as we do it more frequently, it is getting easier and easier until we gain a full mastery and everything becomes natural. This pattern applies to all aspects in our lives - whatever we do frequently will be a natural part of our daily lives, we'' do it even when we don't think about it. We call it a habit. Therefore, if we want competition to be easy, make it a habit. When we are used to giving our best efforts, we'll do it naturally, we are not even aware about it. When continued practices become a habit, we know for sure that it will be easy. It is only hard in the beginning, we just need to do it more often.
There is a downside of habit though. Once, we acquire it, it is really hard to dismiss. Therefore, be careful with our habits, we have to make sure that we develop only good habits. A bad habit can generate a life of it's own, we'll do it against our own will, for instance: smoking, gambling, drugs, etc. An addiction can be self destructive. But, just imagine that we are addicted to working hard, to giving the best, to being kind to people, to being generous. Life can be really beautiful and it is possible, isn't it?
After all, it is the action that matters. What we do create impacts, whether we are aware of it or not, whether we like it or not. Make sure that we know what we do, that we know our habits. Make sure that we only develop good habits.
Rini Palupi Radikun
Developing Good Habits For Your Life
RiniRdk@yahoo.com
Learning To Be Grateful
When a lady just went through a difficult relationship with her boyfriend, we told her to 'be grateful'.
When a young adult has just managed to get out from an abusive parent, we told him to 'be grateful'.
When a mom is having difficulties with a grown up son that no longer listened to her, we told her to 'be grateful'.
So what does 'be grateful' mean?
How do you define 'being grateful'?
How do you 'be grateful'? How do you practice 'being grateful'?
Sure, in Indonesian language we can translate it to 'syukur'.
But how do we convert the word 'being grateful' into real daily life style?
One of the experience that I have of 'letting go' was when I was fortunate enough to be told of a story by Bima. You see, Bima is a volunteer at Dilts Fondation (www.diltsfoundation.org) where they take care of unfortunate children.
There is one time when they decided to do a documentation on the children of 'pemulung' (people who pick up trash and then sell them for a living.)
He told me the story of how he follow one of the children, namely Udi, through his daily activity. Udi is already up and out of the house every morning by 3.30am or the latest 4am. Why so early? Because as the saying goes, early bird gets the worm. Once he gets up too late, all the available pickings are gone take by the other 'pemulung'. So Udi must gets up on time to earn his living. It's either that or less money or maybe even none for the day.
Udi goes to his work by foot. Bare footed in fact. Hmm... how come he is not afraid of stepping into anything sharp on the way? He is used to it. While Bimo followed Udi on motorcycle, Udi was walking all the way to his working place which is maybe 2km or even 3km from his home. After reaching his working place then Udi proceed to picking up the trash in that area. How come only in that area and not anywhere else? It's because that is the area designated from him. Picking up trash at another place risks conflict with another 'pemulung' and perhaps even a 'rent fee' from the owner of the place. Once, his basket is full, Udi headed back to place where he can sell his trash pickings. Back and forth, until the time comes for lunch. Where do you think he has his lunch? Right there. On the spot, where he picks his trash. Not worried about typhoid or dysentry or similar disease. "Where else can we eat? After all, eating at another place will simply waste the travel time that can be better used to pick up trash which translates to more money."
Hmm.... ever wonder about that?
Perhaps the next time you complain about anything in your life, you might want to take a day off work and meet Udi.
Daniel Linuar
Learning To Be Grateful
When a young adult has just managed to get out from an abusive parent, we told him to 'be grateful'.
When a mom is having difficulties with a grown up son that no longer listened to her, we told her to 'be grateful'.
So what does 'be grateful' mean?
How do you define 'being grateful'?
How do you 'be grateful'? How do you practice 'being grateful'?
Sure, in Indonesian language we can translate it to 'syukur'.
But how do we convert the word 'being grateful' into real daily life style?
One of the experience that I have of 'letting go' was when I was fortunate enough to be told of a story by Bima. You see, Bima is a volunteer at Dilts Fondation (www.diltsfoundation.org) where they take care of unfortunate children.
There is one time when they decided to do a documentation on the children of 'pemulung' (people who pick up trash and then sell them for a living.)
He told me the story of how he follow one of the children, namely Udi, through his daily activity. Udi is already up and out of the house every morning by 3.30am or the latest 4am. Why so early? Because as the saying goes, early bird gets the worm. Once he gets up too late, all the available pickings are gone take by the other 'pemulung'. So Udi must gets up on time to earn his living. It's either that or less money or maybe even none for the day.
Udi goes to his work by foot. Bare footed in fact. Hmm... how come he is not afraid of stepping into anything sharp on the way? He is used to it. While Bimo followed Udi on motorcycle, Udi was walking all the way to his working place which is maybe 2km or even 3km from his home. After reaching his working place then Udi proceed to picking up the trash in that area. How come only in that area and not anywhere else? It's because that is the area designated from him. Picking up trash at another place risks conflict with another 'pemulung' and perhaps even a 'rent fee' from the owner of the place. Once, his basket is full, Udi headed back to place where he can sell his trash pickings. Back and forth, until the time comes for lunch. Where do you think he has his lunch? Right there. On the spot, where he picks his trash. Not worried about typhoid or dysentry or similar disease. "Where else can we eat? After all, eating at another place will simply waste the travel time that can be better used to pick up trash which translates to more money."
Hmm.... ever wonder about that?
Perhaps the next time you complain about anything in your life, you might want to take a day off work and meet Udi.
Daniel Linuar
Learning To Be Grateful
www.andriewongso.com
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