hari ini nyoba2 theme baru... kayaknya lebih fresh... tapi... setelah di lihat2... entahlah...
Salam,
Ferdy D.Savio
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
theme baru
Sunday, December 21, 2008
The cycle of sin in judges
Sedang browsing-browsing menemukan gambar ini...
Ternyata dalam kitab hakim-hakim ada siklus seperti ini...
Ayo teman... Kita sama-sama bangkit... Ternyata memang manusia membutuhkan seorang pemimpin...
I VOTE FOR LEADERS RISING in 2009...
Biarlah nyala api roh kudus membakar hati anak muda dimanapun berada...
Api yang akan menjalar dari satu hati ke hati yang lain...
Menyalakan semangat anak muda...
Biar lah di akhir tahun 2009 cahaya api ini boleh membakar malam menjadi siang... Begitu terang hingga bulan pun malu untuk bersinar...
Hakim-hakim 2:18 Apabila TUHAN memberikan seorang pemimpin kepada bangsa Israel, TUHAN selalu menolong pemimpin itu. Dan selama pemimpin itu masih hidup, TUHAN selalu melepaskan mereka dari musuh-musuh mereka.
Titus
2:6 Demikian juga orang-orang muda; nasihatilah mereka supaya mereka menguasai diri dalam segala hal
2:7 dan jadikanlah dirimu sendiri suatu teladan dalam berbuat baik. Hendaklah engkau jujur dan bersungguh-sungguh dalam pengajaranmu,
2:8 sehat dan tidak bercela dalam pemberitaanmu sehingga lawan menjadi malu, karena tidak ada hal-hal buruk yang dapat mereka sebarkan tentang kita.
2:6 Demikian juga orang-orang muda; nasihatilah mereka supaya mereka menguasai diri dalam segala hal
2:7 dan jadikanlah dirimu sendiri suatu teladan dalam berbuat baik. Hendaklah engkau jujur dan bersungguh-sungguh dalam pengajaranmu,
2:8 sehat dan tidak bercela dalam pemberitaanmu sehingga lawan menjadi malu, karena tidak ada hal-hal buruk yang dapat mereka sebarkan tentang kita.
1Timotius
4:12 Jangan seorangpun menganggap engkau rendah karena engkau muda. Jadilah teladan bagi orang-orang percaya, dalam perkataanmu, dalam tingkah lakumu, dalam kasihmu, dalam kesetiaanmu dan dalam kesucianmu.
4:12 Jangan seorangpun menganggap engkau rendah karena engkau muda. Jadilah teladan bagi orang-orang percaya, dalam perkataanmu, dalam tingkah lakumu, dalam kasihmu, dalam kesetiaanmu dan dalam kesucianmu.
Salam,
Ferdy D.Savio
Friday, December 19, 2008
Pemimpin di Hakim-hakim
Sudah beberapa hari ini saya membaca alkitab Hakim-hakim dan setelah melalui perenungan, terlintas dalam pikiran saya sebuah kesimpulan tentang sifat manusia pada umumnya...
"Manusia Membutuhkan Seorang Pemimpin Dalam Hidupnya"
Mengapa saya bisa mengambil kesimpulan seperti ini? Karena saya melihat setiap kali umat israel kehilangan seorang pemimpin (meninggal), mereka akan mulai melakukan hal-hal yang serong dari Tuhan (did evil in the sight of the LORD). Dan kemudian mereka akan mendapat 'akibat' dari tindakannya itu, seperti dijajah bangsa lain.
Akhir nya Tuhan membangkitkan atau menunjuk seorang pemimpin untuk membebaskan mereka lagi... lagi... dan lagi... hal ini terjadi terus menerus...
Saya tidak membicarakan apa yang seharusnya mereka menjadi (mis: menjadi lebih sadar diri gitu); tapi saya mengolah fakta yang ada pada diri manusia sejak 2000 tahun silam... dan menurut saya ini sudah menjadi sifat dasar manusia pada umumnya... (umum, tidak semua loh)
Karena itu... ada permintaan (Demand)... Ayo kita berikan penawaran (Supply)...
Karena untuk menjadi seorang pemimpin adalah pilihan dan, bagi yang memilih untuk menjadi seorang pemimpin... JANGAN MENYERAH!!! Jalannya berbatu dan tidak mudah... Tapi tentu hasilnya akan sepadan...
Don't Give Up Leaders!!! Sejarah di alkitab sudah memberikan bukti bahwa Tuhan memberkati seorang Pemimpin umatnya...
Judges 2:18 And when the LORD raised them up judges, then the LORD was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented the LORD
Hakim-hakim 2:18 Apabila TUHAN memberikan seorang pemimpin kepada bangsa Israel, TUHAN selalu menolong pemimpin itu. Dan selama pemimpin itu masih hidup, TUHAN selalu melepaskan mereka dari musuh-musuh mereka.
Salam hanya sebuah ide,
Ferdy D.Savio
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Letters Of A Businessman To His Son
Hari ini saya ijin sakit, jadi seharian istirahat saja dirumah. Dari dulu hingga sekarang, memang sakit itu tidak enak... lidah sakit, leher sakit, hidung meler, badan lemes, dan mata panas.... Huuu... Apakah ini yg namanya cinta??Sambil beristirahat saya membaca sebuah buku yang udah lama pengen dibeli dan dibaca, hingga diskon 30% gramedia kemarin di CL saya sekalian beli di AW Shop. Tinggal satu itu pula. Syukurlah dapet ^_^Well hari ini akhirnya bisa dibaca juga hingga selesai..."Letters Of A Businessman To His Son"
Buku ini menarik karena isinya adalah surat-surat yang benar-benar diberikan untuk anaknya. Hingga akhirnya dikumpulkan dan dijadikan sebuah buku.
Salam,
Ferdy D.Savio
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Ayo Bertanya
Oke, dari artikel sebelumnya, dapat kita lihat betapa pentingnya untuk bertanya.
Saya akan merangkum saja beberapa point mengapa penting untuk tetap mengajukan pertanyaan.
1. Sederhana dan cara yang efektif untuk belajar.
2. Dapat memahami lebih dalam.
3. Mendapatkan jawaban yang lebih baik (alternatif).
4. dan lain sebagainya...
Pertanyaannya bila bertanya memiliki berbagai macam keuntungan, mengapa orang-orang berhenti bertanya?
1. Rasa malas; menganggap diri sudah tau sehingga tidak perlu repot-repot untuk bertanya.
2. Rasa takut; dengan bertanya mereka merasa dianggap kurang pintar/ bodoh, lemah, dan/atau plin-plan.
3. Terburu-buru; menganggap bertanya hanya akan memperlambat.
Tekniknya adalah;
1. Mengajukan pertanyaan dasar dengan pertanyaan terbuka (bukan pertanyaan yes/no).
pertanyaan terbuka akan membuka topic. Kemudian kita masuk dengan pertanyaan-pertanyaan lain untuk mendapatkan informasi yang lebih dalam.
2. Mengakhiri dengan pertanyaan tertutup yang lebih spesific (yes/no question).
pertanyaan penutup digunakan untuk konfirmasi dari kesimpulan yang kita buat. Sehingga kesimpulan yang kita buat bukan hanya perkiraan pribadi saja.
Terakhir menurut saya jangan menanyakan terlalu banyak hal, pertanyaan sederhana tapi penting saja. Jadi kita harus memikirkan pertanyaan yang akan kita ajukan. Karena menurut saya, terlalu banyak bertanya menunjukan bahwa kita terlalu tidak tau apa-apa. Jadi pikirkan dahulu, bertanya, pikirkan lagi, tanya lagi ^_^ Namun jangan takut untuk bertanya banyak juga kalau memang tidak mengerti.
cheers,
Ferdy D.Savio
Ask Questions
Ask Questions - Paul Sloane
http://destination-innovation.com
Children learn by asking questions.
Students learn by asking questions.
New recruits learn by asking questions.
It is the simplest and most effective way of learning. People who think that they know it all no longer ask questions - why should they? Brilliant thinkers never stop asking questions because they know that this is the best way to gain deeper insights.
Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google, said:
'We run this company on questions, not answers.'
He knows that if you keep asking questions you can keep finding better answers.
When Greg Dyke became Director-General of the BBC in 2000 he went to every major location and assembled the staff. They came expecting a long presentation. He simply sat down with them and asked a question:
'What is the one thing I should do to make things better for you?'
Then he listened. He followed this with another question:
'What is the one thing I should do to make things better for our viewers and listeners?'
He knew that at that early stage he could learn more from his employees than they could from him. The workers at the BBC had many wonderful ideas that they were keen to share. The fact that the new boss took time to question and then listen earned him enormous respect.
Columbo solves his mysteries by asking many questions; as do all the great detectives - in real life as well as fiction. All the great inventors and scientists asked questions. Isaac Newton asked:
'Why does an apple fall from a tree?' and, 'Why does the moon not fall into the Earth?'
Charles Darwin asked, 'Why do the Galapagos islands have so many species not found elsewhere?'
Albert Einstein asked, 'What would the Universe look like if I rode through it on a beam of light?'
By asking these kinds of fundamental questions they were able to start the process that led to their tremendous breakthroughs.
The great philosophers spend their whole lives asking deep questions about the meaning of life, morality, truth and so on. We do not have to be quite so contemplative but we should nonetheless ask the deep questions about the situations we face. It is the best way to get the information we need to make informed decisions.
If it is obvious that asking questions is such a powerful way of learning, then why do we stop asking questions?
For some people the reason is that they are lazy. They assume they know all the main things they need to know and they do not bother to ask more. They cling to their beliefs and remain certain in their assumptions - yet they often end up looking foolish.
Other people are afraid that by asking questions they will look weak, ignorant or unsure. They like to give the impression that they are decisive and in command of the relevant issues. They fear that asking questions might introduce uncertainty or show them in a poor light. In fact asking questions is a sign of strength and intelligence - not a sign of weakness or uncertainty. Great leaders constantly ask questions and are well aware that they do not have all the answers.
Finally, some people are in such a hurry to get with things that they do not stop to ask questions because it might slow them down. They risk rushing headlong into the wrong actions.
At school, at home, in business, with our friends, family, colleagues, customers or managers, we can check assumptions and gain a better appreciation of the issues by first asking questions. Start with very basic, broad questions then move to more specific areas to clarify your understanding. Open questions are excellent - they give the other person or people chance to give broad answers and they open up matters. Examples of open questions are:
What business are we really in, what is our added value?
Why do you think this has happened?
What are all the things that might have caused this problem?
How can we reduce customer complaints?
Why do you think he feels that way?
What other possibilities should we consider?
As we listen carefully to the answers we formulate further questions. When someone gives an answer we can often ask, 'Why?' The temptation is to plunge in with our opinions, responses, conclusions or proposals. The better approach is keep asking questions to deepen our comprehension of the issues before making up our mind. Once we have mapped out the main points we can use closed questions to get specific information.
Closed questions give the respondent a lim'ted choice of responses - often just yes or no. Examples of closed questions are:
When did this happen?
Was he angry?
Where is the shipment right now?
Did you authorise the payment?
Would you like to go to the cinema with me on Saturday evening?
By giving the other person a lim'ted choice of responses we get specific information and deliberately move the conversation forward in a particular direction.
Asking many questions is very effective but it can make you appear to be inquisitorial and intrusive. So it is important to ask questions in a friendly and non-threatening way. Do not ask accusing questions.
'What do you think happened?' will probably get a better response than, 'Are you responsible for this disaster?'
Try to pose each question in an innocent way and ensure that your body language is relaxed and amicable. Do not jab your finger or lean forward as you as put your requests.
Practise asking more questions in your everyday conversations. Instead of telling someone something, ask them a question. Intelligent questions stimulate, provoke, inform and inspire. Questions help us to teach as well as to learn.
Regards,
Ferdy D.Savio
Children learn by asking questions.
Students learn by asking questions.
New recruits learn by asking questions.
It is the simplest and most effective way of learning. People who think that they know it all no longer ask questions - why should they? Brilliant thinkers never stop asking questions because they know that this is the best way to gain deeper insights.
Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google, said:
'We run this company on questions, not answers.'
He knows that if you keep asking questions you can keep finding better answers.
When Greg Dyke became Director-General of the BBC in 2000 he went to every major location and assembled the staff. They came expecting a long presentation. He simply sat down with them and asked a question:
'What is the one thing I should do to make things better for you?'
Then he listened. He followed this with another question:
'What is the one thing I should do to make things better for our viewers and listeners?'
He knew that at that early stage he could learn more from his employees than they could from him. The workers at the BBC had many wonderful ideas that they were keen to share. The fact that the new boss took time to question and then listen earned him enormous respect.
Columbo solves his mysteries by asking many questions; as do all the great detectives - in real life as well as fiction. All the great inventors and scientists asked questions. Isaac Newton asked:
'Why does an apple fall from a tree?' and, 'Why does the moon not fall into the Earth?'
Charles Darwin asked, 'Why do the Galapagos islands have so many species not found elsewhere?'
Albert Einstein asked, 'What would the Universe look like if I rode through it on a beam of light?'
By asking these kinds of fundamental questions they were able to start the process that led to their tremendous breakthroughs.
The great philosophers spend their whole lives asking deep questions about the meaning of life, morality, truth and so on. We do not have to be quite so contemplative but we should nonetheless ask the deep questions about the situations we face. It is the best way to get the information we need to make informed decisions.
If it is obvious that asking questions is such a powerful way of learning, then why do we stop asking questions?
For some people the reason is that they are lazy. They assume they know all the main things they need to know and they do not bother to ask more. They cling to their beliefs and remain certain in their assumptions - yet they often end up looking foolish.
Other people are afraid that by asking questions they will look weak, ignorant or unsure. They like to give the impression that they are decisive and in command of the relevant issues. They fear that asking questions might introduce uncertainty or show them in a poor light. In fact asking questions is a sign of strength and intelligence - not a sign of weakness or uncertainty. Great leaders constantly ask questions and are well aware that they do not have all the answers.
Finally, some people are in such a hurry to get with things that they do not stop to ask questions because it might slow them down. They risk rushing headlong into the wrong actions.
At school, at home, in business, with our friends, family, colleagues, customers or managers, we can check assumptions and gain a better appreciation of the issues by first asking questions. Start with very basic, broad questions then move to more specific areas to clarify your understanding. Open questions are excellent - they give the other person or people chance to give broad answers and they open up matters. Examples of open questions are:
What business are we really in, what is our added value?
Why do you think this has happened?
What are all the things that might have caused this problem?
How can we reduce customer complaints?
Why do you think he feels that way?
What other possibilities should we consider?
As we listen carefully to the answers we formulate further questions. When someone gives an answer we can often ask, 'Why?' The temptation is to plunge in with our opinions, responses, conclusions or proposals. The better approach is keep asking questions to deepen our comprehension of the issues before making up our mind. Once we have mapped out the main points we can use closed questions to get specific information.
Closed questions give the respondent a lim'ted choice of responses - often just yes or no. Examples of closed questions are:
When did this happen?
Was he angry?
Where is the shipment right now?
Did you authorise the payment?
Would you like to go to the cinema with me on Saturday evening?
By giving the other person a lim'ted choice of responses we get specific information and deliberately move the conversation forward in a particular direction.
Asking many questions is very effective but it can make you appear to be inquisitorial and intrusive. So it is important to ask questions in a friendly and non-threatening way. Do not ask accusing questions.
'What do you think happened?' will probably get a better response than, 'Are you responsible for this disaster?'
Try to pose each question in an innocent way and ensure that your body language is relaxed and amicable. Do not jab your finger or lean forward as you as put your requests.
Practise asking more questions in your everyday conversations. Instead of telling someone something, ask them a question. Intelligent questions stimulate, provoke, inform and inspire. Questions help us to teach as well as to learn.
Regards,
Ferdy D.Savio
Let's go to Church
Cerita 1
Seorang Kristiani menulis surat kepada Editor sebuah surat kabar dan mengeluhkan kepada para pembaca bahwa dia merasa sia-sia pergi ke gereja setiap minggu.
Tulisnya, "saya sudah pergi ke gereja selama 30 tahun dan selama itu saya telah mendengar 3000 khotbah. Tapi selama hidup, saya tidak bisa mengingat satu khotbah pun. Jadi saya rasa saya telah memboroskan begitu banyak waktu - demikian pun para pastor itu telah memboroskan waktu mereka dengan khotbah-khotbah itu."
Surat itu menimbulkan perdebatan yang hebat dalam kolom pembaca.
Perdebatan itu berlangsung berminggu-minggu sampai akhirnya ada seseorang yang menulis demikian: "Saya sudah menikah selama 30 tahun. Selama ini istri saya telah memasak 32.000 jenis masakan. Selama hidup saya tidak bisa mengingat satu pun jenis masakan itu yang dilakukan istri saya. Tapi saya tahu bahwa masakan-masakan itu telah memberi saya kekuatan yang saya perlukan untuk bekerja. Seandainya istri saya tidak memberikan makanan itu kepada saya, maka saya sudah lama meninggal."
Sejak itu tak ada lagi komentar tentang khotbah.
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Cerita 2
Nenek Granny sedang menyambut cucu-cucunya pulang dari sekolah.
Mereka adalah anak-anak muda - anak muda yang sangat cerdas dan sering menggoda nenek mereka.
Kali ini, Tom mulai menggoda dia dengan berkata, "Nek, apakah nenek masih pergi ke gereja pada hari minggu?"
"Tentu!"
"Apa yang nenek peroleh dari gereja? Apakah nenek bisa memberitahu kami tentang Injil minggu lalu..?"
"Tidak, nenek sudah lupa. Nenek hanya ingat bahwa nenek menyukainya."
"Lalu apa khotbah dari pastor?"
"Nenek tidak ingat. Nenek sudah semakin tua dan ingatan nenek melemah.
Nenek hanya ingat bahwa ia telah memberikan khotbah yang memberi kekuatan,
Nenek menyukai khotbah itu."
Tom menggoda, "Apa untungnya pergi ke gereja jika nenek tidak mendapatkan sesuatu dariNya?"
Nenek itu terdiam oleh kata-kata itu dan ia duduk di sana termenung.
Dan anak-anak lain tampak menjadi malu.
Kemudian nenek itu berdiri dan keluar dari ruangan tempat mereka semua
duduk, dan berkata, "Anak-anak, ayo ikut nenek ke dapur."
Ketika mereka tiba di dapur, dia mengambil tas rajutan dan memberikannya kepada Tom sambil berkata, "Bawalah ini ke mata air, dan isilah dengan air, lalu bawa kemari!"
"Nenek, apa nenek tidak sedang melucu?
Air didalam tas rajutan....!
"Nek, apa ini bukan lelucon?" tanya Tom.
"Tidak.., lakukanlah seperti yang kuperintahkan.
Saya ingin memperlihatkan kepadamu sesuatu."
Maka Tom berlari keluar dan dalam beberapa menit ia kembali dengan tas yang
bertetes-teskan ..
"Lihat,nek," katanya. "Tidak ada air di dalamnya."
"Benar," katanya.
"Tapi lihatlah betapa bersihnya tas itu sekarang.
Anak-anak, tidak pernah kamu ke gereja tanpa mendapatkan sesuatu yang baik,
meskipun kamu tidak mengetahuinya."
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Cerita 3
KISAH NATAL
Suatu ketika, ada seorang pria yang menganggap Natal sebagai sebuah takhayul belaka.
Dia bukanlah orang yang kikir. Dia adalah pria yang baik hati dan tulus, setia kepada keluarganya dan bersih kelakuannya terhadap orang lain.
Tetapi ia tidak percaya pada kelahiran Kristus yang diceritakan setiap gereja di hari Natal. Dia sunguh-sungguh tidak percaya.
"Saya benar-benar minta maaf jika saya membuat kamu sedih," kata pria itu
kepada istrinya yang rajin pergi ke gereja.
"Tapi saya tidak dapat mengerti mengapa Tuhan mau menjadi manusia.
Itu adalah hal yang tidak masuk akal bagi saya "
Pada malam Natal, istri dan anak-anaknya pergi menghadiri kebaktian
tengah malam di gereja.
Pria itu menolak untuk menemani mereka.
"Saya tidak mau menjadi munafik," jawabnya.
"Saya lebih baik tinggal di rumah. Saya akan menunggumu sampai pulang."
Tak lama setelah keluarganya berangkat, salju mulai turun.
Ia melihat keluar jendela dan melihat butiran-butiran salju itu berjatuhan.
Lalu ia kembali ke kursinya di samping perapian dan mulai membaca surat kabar.
Beberapa menit kemudian, ia dikejutkan oleh suara ketukan.
Bunyi itu terulang tiga kali.
Ia berpikir seseorang pasti sedang melemparkan bola salju ke arah
jendela rumahnya.
Ketika ia pergi ke pintu masuk untuk mengeceknya, ia menemukan
sekumpulan burung terbaring tak berdaya di salju yang dingin.
Mereka telah terjebak dalam badai salju dan mereka menabrak kaca jendela
ketika hendak mencari tempat berteduh.
Saya tidak dapat membiarkan makhluk kecil itu kedinginan di sini, pikir pria itu.
Tapi bagaimana saya bisa menolong mereka?
Kemudian ia teringat akan kandang tempat kuda poni anak-anaknya.
Kandang itu pasti dapat memberikan tempat berlindung yang hangat.
Dengan segera pria itu mengambil jaketnya dan pergi ke kandang kuda tersebut.
Ia membuka pintunya lebar-lebar dan menyalakan lampunya.
Seorang Kristiani menulis surat kepada Editor sebuah surat kabar dan mengeluhkan kepada para pembaca bahwa dia merasa sia-sia pergi ke gereja setiap minggu.
Tulisnya, "saya sudah pergi ke gereja selama 30 tahun dan selama itu saya telah mendengar 3000 khotbah. Tapi selama hidup, saya tidak bisa mengingat satu khotbah pun. Jadi saya rasa saya telah memboroskan begitu banyak waktu - demikian pun para pastor itu telah memboroskan waktu mereka dengan khotbah-khotbah itu."
Surat itu menimbulkan perdebatan yang hebat dalam kolom pembaca.
Perdebatan itu berlangsung berminggu-minggu sampai akhirnya ada seseorang yang menulis demikian: "Saya sudah menikah selama 30 tahun. Selama ini istri saya telah memasak 32.000 jenis masakan. Selama hidup saya tidak bisa mengingat satu pun jenis masakan itu yang dilakukan istri saya. Tapi saya tahu bahwa masakan-masakan itu telah memberi saya kekuatan yang saya perlukan untuk bekerja. Seandainya istri saya tidak memberikan makanan itu kepada saya, maka saya sudah lama meninggal."
Sejak itu tak ada lagi komentar tentang khotbah.
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Cerita 2
Nenek Granny sedang menyambut cucu-cucunya pulang dari sekolah.
Mereka adalah anak-anak muda - anak muda yang sangat cerdas dan sering menggoda nenek mereka.
Kali ini, Tom mulai menggoda dia dengan berkata, "Nek, apakah nenek masih pergi ke gereja pada hari minggu?"
"Tentu!"
"Apa yang nenek peroleh dari gereja? Apakah nenek bisa memberitahu kami tentang Injil minggu lalu..?"
"Tidak, nenek sudah lupa. Nenek hanya ingat bahwa nenek menyukainya."
"Lalu apa khotbah dari pastor?"
"Nenek tidak ingat. Nenek sudah semakin tua dan ingatan nenek melemah.
Nenek hanya ingat bahwa ia telah memberikan khotbah yang memberi kekuatan,
Nenek menyukai khotbah itu."
Tom menggoda, "Apa untungnya pergi ke gereja jika nenek tidak mendapatkan sesuatu dariNya?"
Nenek itu terdiam oleh kata-kata itu dan ia duduk di sana termenung.
Dan anak-anak lain tampak menjadi malu.
Kemudian nenek itu berdiri dan keluar dari ruangan tempat mereka semua
duduk, dan berkata, "Anak-anak, ayo ikut nenek ke dapur."
Ketika mereka tiba di dapur, dia mengambil tas rajutan dan memberikannya kepada Tom sambil berkata, "Bawalah ini ke mata air, dan isilah dengan air, lalu bawa kemari!"
"Nenek, apa nenek tidak sedang melucu?
Air didalam tas rajutan....!
"Nek, apa ini bukan lelucon?" tanya Tom.
"Tidak.., lakukanlah seperti yang kuperintahkan.
Saya ingin memperlihatkan kepadamu sesuatu."
Maka Tom berlari keluar dan dalam beberapa menit ia kembali dengan tas yang
bertetes-teskan ..
"Lihat,nek," katanya. "Tidak ada air di dalamnya."
"Benar," katanya.
"Tapi lihatlah betapa bersihnya tas itu sekarang.
Anak-anak, tidak pernah kamu ke gereja tanpa mendapatkan sesuatu yang baik,
meskipun kamu tidak mengetahuinya."
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Cerita 3
KISAH NATAL
Suatu ketika, ada seorang pria yang menganggap Natal sebagai sebuah takhayul belaka.
Dia bukanlah orang yang kikir. Dia adalah pria yang baik hati dan tulus, setia kepada keluarganya dan bersih kelakuannya terhadap orang lain.
Tetapi ia tidak percaya pada kelahiran Kristus yang diceritakan setiap gereja di hari Natal. Dia sunguh-sungguh tidak percaya.
"Saya benar-benar minta maaf jika saya membuat kamu sedih," kata pria itu
kepada istrinya yang rajin pergi ke gereja.
"Tapi saya tidak dapat mengerti mengapa Tuhan mau menjadi manusia.
Itu adalah hal yang tidak masuk akal bagi saya "
Pada malam Natal, istri dan anak-anaknya pergi menghadiri kebaktian
tengah malam di gereja.
Pria itu menolak untuk menemani mereka.
"Saya tidak mau menjadi munafik," jawabnya.
"Saya lebih baik tinggal di rumah. Saya akan menunggumu sampai pulang."
Tak lama setelah keluarganya berangkat, salju mulai turun.
Ia melihat keluar jendela dan melihat butiran-butiran salju itu berjatuhan.
Lalu ia kembali ke kursinya di samping perapian dan mulai membaca surat kabar.
Beberapa menit kemudian, ia dikejutkan oleh suara ketukan.
Bunyi itu terulang tiga kali.
Ia berpikir seseorang pasti sedang melemparkan bola salju ke arah
jendela rumahnya.
Ketika ia pergi ke pintu masuk untuk mengeceknya, ia menemukan
sekumpulan burung terbaring tak berdaya di salju yang dingin.
Mereka telah terjebak dalam badai salju dan mereka menabrak kaca jendela
ketika hendak mencari tempat berteduh.
Saya tidak dapat membiarkan makhluk kecil itu kedinginan di sini, pikir pria itu.
Tapi bagaimana saya bisa menolong mereka?
Kemudian ia teringat akan kandang tempat kuda poni anak-anaknya.
Kandang itu pasti dapat memberikan tempat berlindung yang hangat.
Dengan segera pria itu mengambil jaketnya dan pergi ke kandang kuda tersebut.
Ia membuka pintunya lebar-lebar dan menyalakan lampunya.
Tapi burung-burung itu tidak masuk ke dalam.
Makanan pasti dapat menuntun mereka masuk, pikirnya.
Jadi ia berlari kembali ke rumahnya untuk mengambil remah-remah roti dan
menebarkannya ke salju untuk membuat jejak ke arah kandang.
Tapi ia sungguh terkejut.
Burung-burung itu tidak menghiraukan remah roti tadi dan terus
melompat-lompat kedinginan di atas salju.
Pria itu mencoba menggiring mereka seperti anjing menggiring domba, tapi
justru burung-burung itu berpencaran kesana-kemari, malah menjauhi kandang yang hangat itu.
"Mereka menganggap saya sebagai makhluk yang aneh dan menakutkan," kata
pria itu pada dirinya sendiri, "dan saya tidak dapat memikirkan cara lain
untuk memberitahu bahwa mereka dapat mempercayai saya.
Kalau saja saya dapat menjadi seekor burung selama beberapa menit,
mungkin saya dapat membawa mereka pada tempat yang aman."
Pada saat itu juga, lonceng gereja berbunyi.
Pria itu berdiri tertegun selama beberapa waktu, mendengarkan bunyi
lonceng itu menyambut Natal yang indah.
Kemudian dia terjatuh pada lututnya dan berkata, "Sekarang saya
mengerti," bisiknya dengan terisak.
"Sekarang saya mengerti mengapa KAU mau menjadi manusia."
Saudaraku, sering kita mengalami kejenuhan untuk pergi ke gereja dan
merasa tak ada gunanya, semoga cerita di atas ini bisa lebih meneguhkan
kita akan pentingnya ke gereja.
Segala Sesuatu Indah Pada Waktunya
Salam,
Ferdy D.Savio
Makanan pasti dapat menuntun mereka masuk, pikirnya.
Jadi ia berlari kembali ke rumahnya untuk mengambil remah-remah roti dan
menebarkannya ke salju untuk membuat jejak ke arah kandang.
Tapi ia sungguh terkejut.
Burung-burung itu tidak menghiraukan remah roti tadi dan terus
melompat-lompat kedinginan di atas salju.
Pria itu mencoba menggiring mereka seperti anjing menggiring domba, tapi
justru burung-burung itu berpencaran kesana-kemari, malah menjauhi kandang yang hangat itu.
"Mereka menganggap saya sebagai makhluk yang aneh dan menakutkan," kata
pria itu pada dirinya sendiri, "dan saya tidak dapat memikirkan cara lain
untuk memberitahu bahwa mereka dapat mempercayai saya.
Kalau saja saya dapat menjadi seekor burung selama beberapa menit,
mungkin saya dapat membawa mereka pada tempat yang aman."
Pada saat itu juga, lonceng gereja berbunyi.
Pria itu berdiri tertegun selama beberapa waktu, mendengarkan bunyi
lonceng itu menyambut Natal yang indah.
Kemudian dia terjatuh pada lututnya dan berkata, "Sekarang saya
mengerti," bisiknya dengan terisak.
"Sekarang saya mengerti mengapa KAU mau menjadi manusia."
Saudaraku, sering kita mengalami kejenuhan untuk pergi ke gereja dan
merasa tak ada gunanya, semoga cerita di atas ini bisa lebih meneguhkan
kita akan pentingnya ke gereja.
Segala Sesuatu Indah Pada Waktunya
Salam,
Ferdy D.Savio
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Never... Ever... Gave Up...
These people NEVER GAVE UP:
Thomas Edison's teachers said he was "too stupid to learn anything." He was fired from his first two jobs for being "non-productive."
As an inventor, Edison made 1,000 unsuccessful attempts at inventing the light bulbWhen a reporter asked, "How did it feel to fail 1,000 times?" Edison replied, "I didn't fail 1,000 times. The light bulb was an invention with 1,000 steps."
Albert Einstein did not speak until he was 4-years-old and did not read until he was 7. His parents thought he was "sub-normal," and one of his teachers described him as "mentally slow, unsociable, and adrift forever in foolish dreams."
He was expelled from school and was refused admittance to the Zurich Polytechnic School.
He did eventually learn to speak and read. Even to do a little math. Winston Churchill failed sixth grade.
He was subsequently defeated in every election for public office until he became Prime Minister at the age of 62.
He later wrote, "Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never -in nothing, great or small, large or petty - never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense. Never, Never, Never, Never give up.''
As a young man, Abraham Lincoln went to war a captain and returned a private. Afterwards, he was a failure as a businessman. As a lawyer in Springfield, he was too impractical and temperamental to be a success.
He turned to politics and was defeated in his first try for the legislature, again defeated in his first attempt to be nominated for congress, defeated in his application to be commissioner of the General Land Office, defeated in the senatorial election of 1854, defeated in his efforts for the vice-presidency in 1856, and defeated in the senatorial election of 1858.
He later became the 16th President of the United States of America.
Louis Pasteur was only a mediocre pupil in undergraduate studies and ranked 15th out of 22 students in chemistry.
Henry Ford could not read nor write, failed and went broke five times in business before he succeeded.
R. H. Macy failed seven times before his store in New York City caught on.
F. W. Woolworth was not allowed to wait on customers when he worked in a dry goods store because, his boss said, "he didn't have enough sense."
When Bell telephone was struggling to get started, its owners offered all their rights to Western Union for $100,000. The offer was disdainfully rejected with the pronouncement, "What use could this company make of an electrical toy." How many of you have a telephone today?
Sigmund Freud was booed from the podium when he first presented his ideas to the scientific community of Europe. He returned to his office and kept on writing.
Rocket scientist Robert Goddard found his ideas bitterly rejected by his scientific peers on the grounds that rocket propulsion would not work in the rarefied atmosphere of outer space.
An expert said of Vince Lombardi: "He possesses minimal football knowledge and lacks motivation." Lombardi would later write, "It's not whether you get knocked down; it's whether you get back up."
Babe Ruth is famous for his past home run record, but for decades he also held the record for strikeouts. He hit 714 home runs and struck out 1,330 times in his career (about which he said, "Every strike out brings me closer to the next home run.").
Hank Aaron went 0 for 5 his first time at bat with the Milwaukee Braves.
Stan Smith was rejected as a ball boy for a Davis Cup tennis match because he was "too awkward and clumsy." He went on to clumsily win Wimbledon and the US Open...and eight Davis Cups.
Tom Landry, Chuck Noll, Bill Walsh, and Jimmy Johnson accounted for 11 of the 19 Super Bowl victories from 1974 to 1993. They also share the distinction of having the worst records of first-season head coaches in NFL history - they didn't win a single game.
Johnny Unitas's first pass in the NFL was intercepted and returned for a touchdown. Joe Montana's first pass was also intercepted. And while we're on quarterbacks, during his first season Troy Aikman threw twice as many interceptions (18) as touchdowns (9) . . . oh, and he didn't win a single game. You think there's a lesson here?
After Carl Lewis won the gold medal for the long jump in the 1996 Olympic games, he was asked to what he attributed his longevity, having competed for almost 20 years. He said, "Remembering that you have both wins and losses along the way. I don't take either one too seriously."
Walt Disney was fired by a newspaper editor because "he lacked imagination and had no good ideas." He went bankrupt several times before he built Disneyland. In fact, the proposed park was rejected by the city of Anaheim on the grounds that it would only attract riffraff.
Charles Schultz had every cartoon he submitted rejected by his high school yearbook staff. Oh, and Walt Disney wouldn't hire him.
After Fred Astaire's first screen test, the memo from the testing director of MGM, dated 1933, read, "Can't act. Can't sing. Slightly bald. Can dance a little." He kept that memo over the fire place in his Beverly Hills home.
Astaire once observed that "when you're experimenting, you have to try so many things before you choose what you want, that you may go days getting nothing but exhaustion." And here is the reward for perseverance: "The higher up you go, the more mistakes you are allowed. Right at the top, if you make enough of them, it's considered to be your style."
After his first audition, Sidney Poitier was told by the casting director, "Why don't you stop wasting people's time and go out and become a dishwasher or something?"
It was at that moment, recalls Poitier, that he decided to devote his life to acting.
When Lucille Ball began studying to be actress in 1927, she was told by the head instructor of the John Murray Anderson Drama School, "Try any other profession."
The first time Jerry Seinfeld walked on-stage at a comedy club as a professional comic, he looked out at the audience, froze, and forgot the English language. He stumbled through "a minute-and a half" of material and was jeered offstage. He returned the following night and closed his set to wild applause.
After Harrison Ford's first performance as a hotel bellhop in the film Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round, the studio vice-president called him in to his office. "Sit down kid," the studio head said, "I want to tell you a story. The first time Tony Curtis was ever in a movie he delivered a bag of groceries. We took one look at him and knew he was a movie star." Ford replied, "I thought you were spossed to think that he was a grocery delivery boy." The vice president dismissed Ford with "You ain't got it kid , you ain't got it ... now get out of here."
Michael Caine's headmaster told him, "You will be a laborer all your life.
Charlie Chaplin was initially rejected by Hollywood studio chiefs because his pantomime was considered "nonsense."
Decca Records turned down a recording contract with The Beatles with the evaluation, "We don't like their sound. Groups of guitars are on their way out." After Decca rejected the Beatles, Columbia records followed suit.
In 1954, Jimmy Denny, manager of the Grand Ole Opry, fired Elvis Presley after one performance. He told Presley, "You ain't goin' nowhere, son. You ought to go back to drivin' a truck."
Beethoven handled the violin awkwardly and preferred playing his own compositions instead of improving his technique. His teacher called him "hopeless as a composer." And, of course, you know that he wrote five of his greatest symphonies while completely deaf.
Van Gogh sold only one painting during his life. And this, to the sister of one of his friends, for 400 francs (approximately $50). This didn't stop him from completing over 800 paintings.
Leo Tolstoy flunked out of college. He was described as both "unable and unwilling to learn." No doubt a slow developer.
Louisa May Alcott, author of Little Women, was encouraged to find work as a servant by her family.
Emily Dickinson had only seven poems published in her lifetime.
18 publishers turned down Richard Bach's story about a "soaring eagle." Macmillan finally published Jonathan Livingston Seagull in 1970. By 1975 it had sold more than 7 million copies in the U.S. alone.
21 publishers rejected Richard Hooker's humorous war novel, M*A*S*H. He had worked on it for seven years.
27 publishers rejected Dr. Seuss's first book, To Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street.
Jack London received six hundred rejection slips before he sold his first story.
Woody Allen: "I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through not dying. Eighty percent of success is showing up."
Is there a message here? YES! Absolutely!
Never give up on yourself or your dreams!
Love and joy,
Aine Belton
Thomas Edison's teachers said he was "too stupid to learn anything." He was fired from his first two jobs for being "non-productive."
As an inventor, Edison made 1,000 unsuccessful attempts at inventing the light bulbWhen a reporter asked, "How did it feel to fail 1,000 times?" Edison replied, "I didn't fail 1,000 times. The light bulb was an invention with 1,000 steps."
Albert Einstein did not speak until he was 4-years-old and did not read until he was 7. His parents thought he was "sub-normal," and one of his teachers described him as "mentally slow, unsociable, and adrift forever in foolish dreams."
He was expelled from school and was refused admittance to the Zurich Polytechnic School.
He did eventually learn to speak and read. Even to do a little math. Winston Churchill failed sixth grade.
He was subsequently defeated in every election for public office until he became Prime Minister at the age of 62.
He later wrote, "Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never -in nothing, great or small, large or petty - never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense. Never, Never, Never, Never give up.''
As a young man, Abraham Lincoln went to war a captain and returned a private. Afterwards, he was a failure as a businessman. As a lawyer in Springfield, he was too impractical and temperamental to be a success.
He turned to politics and was defeated in his first try for the legislature, again defeated in his first attempt to be nominated for congress, defeated in his application to be commissioner of the General Land Office, defeated in the senatorial election of 1854, defeated in his efforts for the vice-presidency in 1856, and defeated in the senatorial election of 1858.
He later became the 16th President of the United States of America.
Louis Pasteur was only a mediocre pupil in undergraduate studies and ranked 15th out of 22 students in chemistry.
Henry Ford could not read nor write, failed and went broke five times in business before he succeeded.
R. H. Macy failed seven times before his store in New York City caught on.
F. W. Woolworth was not allowed to wait on customers when he worked in a dry goods store because, his boss said, "he didn't have enough sense."
When Bell telephone was struggling to get started, its owners offered all their rights to Western Union for $100,000. The offer was disdainfully rejected with the pronouncement, "What use could this company make of an electrical toy." How many of you have a telephone today?
Sigmund Freud was booed from the podium when he first presented his ideas to the scientific community of Europe. He returned to his office and kept on writing.
Rocket scientist Robert Goddard found his ideas bitterly rejected by his scientific peers on the grounds that rocket propulsion would not work in the rarefied atmosphere of outer space.
An expert said of Vince Lombardi: "He possesses minimal football knowledge and lacks motivation." Lombardi would later write, "It's not whether you get knocked down; it's whether you get back up."
Babe Ruth is famous for his past home run record, but for decades he also held the record for strikeouts. He hit 714 home runs and struck out 1,330 times in his career (about which he said, "Every strike out brings me closer to the next home run.").
Hank Aaron went 0 for 5 his first time at bat with the Milwaukee Braves.
Stan Smith was rejected as a ball boy for a Davis Cup tennis match because he was "too awkward and clumsy." He went on to clumsily win Wimbledon and the US Open...and eight Davis Cups.
Tom Landry, Chuck Noll, Bill Walsh, and Jimmy Johnson accounted for 11 of the 19 Super Bowl victories from 1974 to 1993. They also share the distinction of having the worst records of first-season head coaches in NFL history - they didn't win a single game.
Johnny Unitas's first pass in the NFL was intercepted and returned for a touchdown. Joe Montana's first pass was also intercepted. And while we're on quarterbacks, during his first season Troy Aikman threw twice as many interceptions (18) as touchdowns (9) . . . oh, and he didn't win a single game. You think there's a lesson here?
After Carl Lewis won the gold medal for the long jump in the 1996 Olympic games, he was asked to what he attributed his longevity, having competed for almost 20 years. He said, "Remembering that you have both wins and losses along the way. I don't take either one too seriously."
Walt Disney was fired by a newspaper editor because "he lacked imagination and had no good ideas." He went bankrupt several times before he built Disneyland. In fact, the proposed park was rejected by the city of Anaheim on the grounds that it would only attract riffraff.
Charles Schultz had every cartoon he submitted rejected by his high school yearbook staff. Oh, and Walt Disney wouldn't hire him.
After Fred Astaire's first screen test, the memo from the testing director of MGM, dated 1933, read, "Can't act. Can't sing. Slightly bald. Can dance a little." He kept that memo over the fire place in his Beverly Hills home.
Astaire once observed that "when you're experimenting, you have to try so many things before you choose what you want, that you may go days getting nothing but exhaustion." And here is the reward for perseverance: "The higher up you go, the more mistakes you are allowed. Right at the top, if you make enough of them, it's considered to be your style."
After his first audition, Sidney Poitier was told by the casting director, "Why don't you stop wasting people's time and go out and become a dishwasher or something?"
It was at that moment, recalls Poitier, that he decided to devote his life to acting.
When Lucille Ball began studying to be actress in 1927, she was told by the head instructor of the John Murray Anderson Drama School, "Try any other profession."
The first time Jerry Seinfeld walked on-stage at a comedy club as a professional comic, he looked out at the audience, froze, and forgot the English language. He stumbled through "a minute-and a half" of material and was jeered offstage. He returned the following night and closed his set to wild applause.
After Harrison Ford's first performance as a hotel bellhop in the film Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round, the studio vice-president called him in to his office. "Sit down kid," the studio head said, "I want to tell you a story. The first time Tony Curtis was ever in a movie he delivered a bag of groceries. We took one look at him and knew he was a movie star." Ford replied, "I thought you were spossed to think that he was a grocery delivery boy." The vice president dismissed Ford with "You ain't got it kid , you ain't got it ... now get out of here."
Michael Caine's headmaster told him, "You will be a laborer all your life.
Charlie Chaplin was initially rejected by Hollywood studio chiefs because his pantomime was considered "nonsense."
Decca Records turned down a recording contract with The Beatles with the evaluation, "We don't like their sound. Groups of guitars are on their way out." After Decca rejected the Beatles, Columbia records followed suit.
In 1954, Jimmy Denny, manager of the Grand Ole Opry, fired Elvis Presley after one performance. He told Presley, "You ain't goin' nowhere, son. You ought to go back to drivin' a truck."
Beethoven handled the violin awkwardly and preferred playing his own compositions instead of improving his technique. His teacher called him "hopeless as a composer." And, of course, you know that he wrote five of his greatest symphonies while completely deaf.
Van Gogh sold only one painting during his life. And this, to the sister of one of his friends, for 400 francs (approximately $50). This didn't stop him from completing over 800 paintings.
Leo Tolstoy flunked out of college. He was described as both "unable and unwilling to learn." No doubt a slow developer.
Louisa May Alcott, author of Little Women, was encouraged to find work as a servant by her family.
Emily Dickinson had only seven poems published in her lifetime.
18 publishers turned down Richard Bach's story about a "soaring eagle." Macmillan finally published Jonathan Livingston Seagull in 1970. By 1975 it had sold more than 7 million copies in the U.S. alone.
21 publishers rejected Richard Hooker's humorous war novel, M*A*S*H. He had worked on it for seven years.
27 publishers rejected Dr. Seuss's first book, To Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street.
Jack London received six hundred rejection slips before he sold his first story.
Woody Allen: "I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through not dying. Eighty percent of success is showing up."
Is there a message here? YES! Absolutely!
Never give up on yourself or your dreams!
Love and joy,
Aine Belton
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Salam,
Ferdy D. Savio
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Reticular Activating System
Teman-teman,
Dalam era modern ini informasi begitu melimpahnya hingga mudah di akses hanya dengan sebuah klik.
Tapi selain informasi ini, setiap kali kita berinteraksi, melihat, mendengar, merasakan, ataupun berpikir, ternyata tidak semua informasi -yang ada saat itu- kita terima.
Informasi-informasi tersebut disaring oleh pikiran kita. Dan hanya informasi yang dianggap penting oleh otak kita yang diteruskan kepada kita.
RAS (Reticular Activating System) adalah unit yang berfungsi menyaring dan meneruskan informasi yang penting tersebut.
Oleh sebab itu, penting bagi kita untuk mendefinisikan secara jelas apa yang penting bagi kita. Sehingga RAS dapat melakukan pekerjaannya untuk mendukung kita.
Selain mendefinisikan, kita juga perlu membuka wawasan dan kepekaan terhadap hal-hal yang penting tersebut.
contoh nya saat kita sedang tertarik dengan suatu hal, tiba-tiba hal tersebut sering banget kelihatan. istilahnya kita jadi lebih 'ngeh'...
Jadi apa yang penting buat kita? tingkatkan kepekaan dan wawasan terhadap apa yang penting. Dan biarkan RAS melakukan pekerjaannya.
Regards,
Ferdy D.Savio
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