Make Love not War

November 13, 2009 at 12:16 (Indo View) ()

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Years ago.. Ketika jamannya perang Iraq rasanya.. Semboyan ini seringkali dipakai dan booming pada saat itu, terutama di konser-konser musik yang mengumpulkan dana untuk membantu korban perang, dengan tujuan bisa meningkatkan kesadaran orang-orang tentang betapa tidak bergunanya perang, dan lebih baik menciptakan kasih dan cinta dimana-mana (daripada perang) to make a better world.. But is it?

Pernahkah anda mencoba melihat dari sudut pandang lain?

War (seperti yang diceritakan di movies ataupun real life) memang mengakibatkan kematian, kehilangan saudara dan teman, kehancuran, kesedihan, dan kekejaman..

Tapi, di hal yang sama, war also teach us to fight, teach us to hang on, teach us to protect others, teach us to stand up against tyranny n evil, teach us to stands on what we call righteousness and justice, teach us not to give up, teach us to sacrifice.. Hal-hal yang sangat jarang ada saat ini dan merupakan salah satu cara yang bisa membangun kepribadian seseorang.. Kepribadian yang hebat..

While love, walaupun cinta membawakan kita dunia yg indah, romantisme, kemesraan, rasa dimana dunia serasa jadi lebih indah dengan adanya cinta, tapi seringkali cinta juga mengajarkan kalo cinta itu ga harus memiliki.. If u love her/him, u have to let her/him go, coz who knows that is what she/he wants u to do.. Ga usah dipaksa ngejar dia, akan ada yg lebih baik.. Cinta bukan segalanya..

It teach us to give up, teach us to let go, teach us not to pursuit one thing that is might be (who knows) the most precious thing for us. It teach us untuk menyerah dan terkadang pasrah ketika dunia tidak lagi mendukung cinta itu..

Orang menjadi merasa tidak penuh ketika belum mendapatkan cinta.. Belum sempurna tanpa seorang pendamping.. Dan bahkan, menjadi cengeng dan hancur lebur jikalau gagal ataupun putus cinta.. Kepribadian yang ceria berubah menjadi murung.. Personality even could change..

So which is better? Make love or war?

Surely of course, many of you will choose, still, love is much better.. Knp?

Karena jelas tentunya, terlepas seberapa keras dan menyakitkan suatu cinta itu, cinta bisa memberi kita suatu harapan hidup juga, suatu rasa in the top of the world.. Suatu yang jauh lebih indah daripada perjuangan yang diajarkan oleh perang.. Bahkan ada yang mengatakan, lebih baik merasakan sakit karena putus cinta, daripada tidak pernah merasakan cinta sama sekali..

Sementara hal-hal yang tadi diperjuangkan oleh perang, juga masih bisa dipelajari melalui hal yang lain.. Tidak harus melalui perang..

Tapi (kembali) bukan berarti kita harus menyerahkan segalanya atas nama cinta.. Bukan berarti kita harus menjadi cengeng karena cinta.. Dan bukan berarti berperang demi sesuatu yang benar juga tidak layak dilakukan.. Semua itu ada pada tempat dan tujuannya sendiri..

Sehingga, pertanyaan yang muncul pada akhirnya, bukan lagi memilih mana diantara make love ataupun make war.. Bukanlah make love not war, ataupun sebaliknya make war not love, tetapi Whatever you do, make love or war, do it for a better good, for a better life, for a better hope


And may LOVE and WAR could shaped you into a better person facing the world..

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For Our World

November 13, 2009 at 11:27 (Cool Quote) ()

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We need to stop.
Just stop.
Stop for a moment.

Before anybody
Says or does anything
That may hurt anyone else.

We need to be silent.
Just silent.
Silent for a moment.

Before we forever lose
The blessing of songs
That grow in our hearts.

We need to notice.
Just notice.
Notice for a moment.

Before the future slips away
Into ashes and dust of humility.
Stop, be silent, and notice.

In so many ways, we are the same.
Our differences are unique treasures.
We have, we are, a mosaic of gifts
To nurture, to offer, to accept.

We need to be.
Just be.
Be for a moment.

Kind and gentle, innocent and trusting,
Like children and lambs,
Never judging or vengeful
Like the judging and vengeful.

And now, let us pray,
Differently, yet together,
Before there is no earth, no life,
No chance for peace.

“Mattie Stepanek”

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Live and Learn

November 13, 2009 at 11:15 (Cool Quote) ()

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Live and Learn, Pass it on..


age 19 – i’ve learned that if there were no problems there would be no opportunities

age 47 – i’ve learned that every great achievement was once considered impossible

age 52 – i’ve learned that i should make the little decision with my head n the big decision with my heart

age 64 – i’ve learned that most of the things i worry never happen

age 78 – i’ve learned that to loved n be loved is the greatest joy in the world

age 81 – i’ve learned that u should keep ur promises no matter what

age 82 – i’ve learned never to underestimate the potensial n power of the human spirit

age 92 – i’ve learned i still have a lot to learn


“dikutip dari hiasan dinding di depan lift gedung w lantai 6 uk petra”

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