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Just Checking In...

A minister passing through his church

In the middle of the day,

Decided to pause by the altar

To see who came to pray.

Just then the back door opened,

And a man came down the aisle,

The minister frowned as he saw the man

Hadn't shaved in a while.

His shirt was torn and shabby,

And his coat was worn and frayed,

The man knelt down and bowed his head,

Then rose and walked away.

In the days that followed at precisely noon,

The preacher saw this chap,

Each time he knelt just for a moment,

A lunch pail in his lap.

Well, the minister's suspicions grew,

With robbery a main fear,

He decided to stop and ask the man,

'What are you doing here?'

The old man said he was a factory worker

And lunch was half an hour

Lunchtime was his prayer time,

For finding strength and power.

I stay only a moment

Because the factory's far away;

As I kneel here talking to the Lord,

This is kinda what I say:

'I Just Came By To Tell You, Lord,

How Happy I Have Been,

Since We Found Each Other’s Friendship

And You Took Away My Sin.

Don't Know Much Of How To Pray,

But I Think About You Every day.

So, Jesus, This Is Ben,

Just Checking In Today.'

The minister feeling foolish,

Told Ben that it was fine.

He told the man that he was welcome

To pray there anytime.

'It's time to go, and thanks,' Ben said

As he hurried to the door.

Then the minister knelt there at the altar,

Which he'd never done before.

His cold heart melted, warmed with love,

As he met with Jesus there.

As the tears flowed down his cheeks,

He repeated old Ben's prayer:

'I Just Came By To Tell You, Lord,

How Happy I've Been,

Since We Found Each Other’s Friendship

And You Took Away My Sin.

I Don't Know Much Of How To Pray,

But I Think About You Every day.

So, Jesus, This Is Me,

Just Checking In Today.'

Past noon one day, the minister noticed

That old Ben hadn't come.

As more days passed and still no Ben,

He began to worry some.

At the factory, he asked about him,

Learning he was ill.

The hospital staff was worried,

But he'd given them a thrill.

The week that Ben was with them,

Brought changes in the ward.

His smiles and joy contagious.

Changed people were his reward.

The head nurse couldn't understand

Why Ben could be so glad,

When no flowers, calls or cards came,

Not a visitor he had.

The minister stayed by his bed,

He voiced the nurse's concern:

No friends had come to show they cared.

He had nowhere to turn.

Looking surprised, old Ben spoke up

And with a winsome smile;

'The nurse is wrong, she couldn't know,

He's been here all the while.'

Every day at noon He comes here,

A dear friend of mine, you see,

He sits right down and takes my hand,

Leans over and says to me:

'I Just Came By To Tell You, Ben,

How Happy I Have Been,

Since We Found This Friendship,

And I Took Away Your Sin.

I Think About You Always

And I Love To Hear You Pray,

And So Ben, This Is Jesus,

Just Checking In Today.'

If this blesses you, pass it on. Many people

will walk in and out of your life, but only

true friends will leave footprints in your

heart

May God hold you in the palm of His hand

And Angels watch over you.

So, FRIENDS & FAMILY, this is ME ...

"Just Checking In Today"

Kualitas Pribadi

🔸 Rendah Hati

Kerendahan hati mengungkapkan kekuatan.

🔸 Setia

Selalu menepati janji, rela berkorban dan tak suka berkhianat.

🔸 Positive Thinking

Orang ini lebih suka mencari solusi dari pada frustasi, lebih suka memuji dari pada mengecam,

🔸 Ceria

Dia bisa menikmati hidup, tak suka mengeluh dan selalu berusaha meraih kegembiraan.

🔸 Bertanggung jawab

Kalau melakukan kesalahan, dia berani mengakuinya.

Ketika mengalami kegagalan, dia tak akan mencari kambing hitam untuk disalahkan

🔸 Percaya Diri

Rasa percaya diri memungkinkan seseorang menerima dirinya sebagaimana adanya, dan menghargai orang lain.

 🔸 Kebesaran Jiwa

Ketika menghadapi masa masa sukar dia tetap tegar, tak membiarkan dirinya hanyut dalam kesedihan dan keputusasaan.

🔸 Easy Going

Dia tak suka membesar besarkan masalah kecil. Dia tak mau pusing dan stress dengan masalah masalah yg berada diluar kontrolnya.

 🔸 Empati

Bisa menempatkan diri pada posisi orang lain.

Dia selalu berusaha memahami dan mengerti orang lain.

Salam sehat penuh berkat.

GBU All

 

Homili Sri Paus

MENJADi MANUSIA YANG BAHAGIA

Alihbahasa oleh Rm. Ignatius Ismartono, SJ

"Engkau mungkin memiliki kekurangan, merasa gelisah dan kadangkala hidup tak tenteram, namun jangan lupa hidupmu adalah sebuah proyek terbesar di dunia ini. Hanya engkau yg sanggup menjaga agar tidak merosot. Ada banyak org membutuhkanmu, mengagumimu dan mencintaimu.

Aku ingin mengingatkanmu bahwa menjadi bahagia bukan berarti memiliki langit tanpa badai, atau jalan tanpa musibah, atau bekerja tanpa merasa letih, ataupun hubungan tanpa kekecewaan.

Menjadi bahagia adalah mencari kekuatan utk memaafkan, mencari harapan dlm perjuangan, mencari rasa aman di saat ketakutan, mencari kasih di saat perselisihan.

Menjadi bahagia bukan hanya menyimpan senyum, tetapi juga mengolah kesedihan.

Bukan hanya mengenang kejayaan, melainkan juga belajar dari kegagalan.

Bukan hanya bergembira karena menerima tepuk tangan meriah, tetapi juga bergembira meskipun tak ternama.

Menjadi bahagia adalah mengakui bhw hidup ini berharga, meskipun banyak tantangan, salah paham dan saat-saat krisis.

Menjadi bahagia bukanlah sebuah takdir, yg tak terelakkan, melainkan sebuah kemenangan bagi mereka yg mampu menyongsongnya dgn menjadi diri sendiri.

Menjadi bahagia berarti berhenti memandang diri sebagai korban dr berbagai masalah, melainkan menjadi pelaku dalam sejarah itu sendiri.

Bukan hanya menyeberangi padang gurun yg berada diluar diri kita, tapi lebih dr pada itu, mampu mencari mata air dlm kekeringan batin kita.

Menjadi bahagia adalah mengucap syukur setiap pagi atas mukjizat kehidupan.

Menjadi bahagia bkn merasa takut atas perasaan kita. Melainkan bagaimana membawa diri kita. Utk menanggungnya dgn berani ketika diri kita ditolak.

Utk memiliki rasa mantab ketika dikritik, meskipun kritik itu tidak adil.

Dgn mencium anak2, merawat orang tua, menciptakan saat2 indah bersama sahabat2, meskipun mereka pernah menyakiti kita.

Menjadi bahagia berarti membiarkan hidup anak yg bebas, bahagia dan sederhana yg ada dlm diri kita; memiliki kedewasaan utk mengaku "Saya Salah", & memiliki keberanian utk berkata "Maafkan Saya"...

Memiliki kepekaan utk mengutarakan "Aku membutuhkan kamu" ; memiliki kemampuan utk berkata "Aku....

Dgn demikian hidupmu menjadi sebuah taman yg penuh dengan kesempatan utk menjadi bahagia.

Di musim semi-mu, jadilah pecinta keriangan. Di musim dingin-mu, jadilah seorang sahabat kebijaksanaan.

Dan ketika engkau melakukan kesalahan, mulailah lagi dari awal. Dgn demikian engkau akan lebih bersemangat dlm menjalankan kehidupan.

Dan engkau akan mengerti bhw kebahagiaan bkn berarti memiliki kehidupan yg sempurna, melainkan menggunakan airmata utk menyirami toleransi, menggunakan kehilangan utk lebih memantabkan kesabaran, kegagalan utk mengukir ketenangan hati, penderitaan utk dijadikan landasaan kenikmatan, kesulitan utk membuka jendela kecerdasan.

Jgn menyerah... Jgn berhenti mengasihi orang2 yg engkau cintai..... Jgn menyerah utk menjadi bahagia karena kehidupan adalah sebuah pertunjukan yg menakjubkan.

Dan engkau adalah seorang manusia yg luarbiasa!"

- Paus Fransiskus - 

30 Things You’ll Regret When You’re Old

1. Not traveling when you had the chance.
Think we all have had this once in our life, thinking ‘I should have gone
there or there’. Well as long as you live and able to travel, please do
travel. Trust me it becomes a lot harder the older you get. If you think
of excuses now, later you will have a family and need to pay the way for
three-plus people instead just for yourself.

2. Not learning another language.
How many languages do you speak? There’s no excuse not to learn a new
language, and you are never too old for this. You’ll kick yourself when
you realize you took three years of language in high school and remember
none of it.

3. Staying in yes those bad relationship(s).
How many of us seen this happen? No one who ever gets out of a bad relationship looks back without wishing they made the move sooner.

4. Not using any sunscreen or enough sunscreen.
Wrinkles, moles, and skin cancer can largely be avoided if you protect yourself. Actually, best anti-aging treatment is to use everyday sunscreen, even if it’s winter.

5. Missing the chance to see your favorite musicians.
“Nah, dude, I’ll catch Nirvana next time they come through town.” Facepalm. No, stop let artists, or musicians pass you, when you want to see them.

6. Being scared to do things.
Looking back you’ll think, What was I so afraid of?

7. Failing to make physical fitness a priority.
Too many of us spend the physical peak of our lives on the couch. When you hit 40, 50, 60, and beyond, you’ll dream of what you could have done.

8. Letting yourself be defined by gender roles.
Few things are as sad as an old person saying, “Well, it just wasn’t done back then.”

9. Not quitting a terrible job.
Look, you gotta pay the bills. But if you don’t make a plan to improve your situation, you might wake up one day having spent 40 years in hell. Yep we have written a lot articles about this one.

10. Not trying harder in school.
It’s not just that your grades play a role in determining where you end up in life. Eventually you’ll realize how neat it was to get to spend all day learning, and wish you’d paid more attention.

11. Not realizing how beautiful you were.
This part is the biggest part if you spend your time thinking you’re not beautiful, you will just regret it.Too many of us spend our youth unhappy with the way we look, but the reality is, that’s when we’re our most beautiful.

12. Being afraid to say “I love you.”
What can we lose? By telling someone we love them? Try to learn saying it more often.
When you’re old, you won’t care if your love wasn’t returned — only that you made it known how you felt.

13. Not listening to your parents’ advice.
Our parents have the best experiences, so every advice should be thought of. You don’t want to hear it when you’re young, but the infuriating truth is that most of what your parents say about life is true.

14. Spending your youth self-absorbed.
You’ll be embarrassed about it, frankly.

15. Caring too much about what other people think.
Why live life limited just because you are afraid of what other people will think?
In 20 years you won’t give a darn about any of those people you once worried so much about.

16. Supporting others’ dreams over your own.
Don’t forget about yourself. Supporting others is a beautiful thing, but not when it means you never get to shine.

17. Not moving on fast enough.
Enjoy life, when going through hard life try to focus on little things that makes you happy. Try to move on fast enough! Old people look back at the long periods spent picking themselves off the ground as nothing but wasted time.

18. Holding grudges, especially with those you love.
What’s the point of re-living the anger over and over?

19. Not standing up for yourself.
Old people don’t take sh*t from anyone. Neither should you.

20. Not volunteering enough.
OK, so you probably won’t regret not volunteering Hunger Games style, but nearing the end of one’s life without having helped to make the world a better place is a great source of sadness for many.

21. Neglecting your teeth.
Neglecting your teeth. What more can we say about it?
Brush. Floss. Get regular checkups. It will all seem so maddeningly easy when you have dentures.

22. Missing the chance to ask your grandparents questions before they die.
If you still see your grandparents, please appreciate it. Most of us realize too late what an awesome resource grandparents are. They can explain everything you’ll ever wonder about where you came from, but only if you ask them in time.

23. Working too much.
No one looks back from their deathbed and wishes they spent more time at the office, but they do wish they spent more time with family, friends, and hobbies.

24. Not learning how to cook one awesome meal.
Hello, what’s life without good food? Knowing one drool-worthy meal will make all those dinner parties and celebrations that much more special.

25. Not stopping enough to appreciate the moment.
For instant, stop taking to many pictures or even selfies at a moment. Try to enjoy and appreciate the moment. Young people are constantly on the go, but stopping to take it all in now and again is a good thing.

26. Failing to finish what you start.
Failing to finish what you start.
“I had big dreams of becoming a nurse. I even signed up for the classes, but then…”

27. Never mastering one awesome party trick.
You will go to hundreds, if not thousands, of parties in your life. Wouldn’t it be cool to be the life of them all?

28. Letting yourself be defined by cultural expectations.
Letting yourself be defined by cultural expectations.
Don’t let them tell you, “We don’t do that.”

29. Refusing to let friendships run their course.
People grow apart. Clinging to what was, instead of acknowledging that things have changed, can be a source of ongoing agitation and sadness.

30. Not playing with your kids enough.
When you’re old, you’ll realize your kid went from wanting to play with
you to wanting you out of their room in the blink of an eye.

North Korea

20 of the Wisest Quotes

1. "A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new." – Albert Einstein

2. "Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time we fail." – Confucius

3. "You cannot be lonely if you like the person you're alone with." – Wayne Dyer

4. "Never be bullied into silence, never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life, define yourself." – Robert Frost

5. "Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it." – Rumi

6. "Some people die at 25 and aren't buried until 75."– Benjamin Franklin

7. "I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love." –Mother Teresa

8. "Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakens." – Carl Jung

9. "A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes." — Mahatma Gandhi

10. "An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind." — Mahatma Gandhi

11. "What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." —Ralph Waldo Emerson

12. "A man who conquers himself is greater than one who conquers a thousand men in battle". – Buddha

13. "Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life." – J.K. Rowling

14. "I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it." – Maya Angelou

15. "You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection" –Gautama Buddha

16. "Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." – Anaïs Nin

17. "Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." – Ralph Waldo Emerson

18. "Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself." – George Bernard Shaw

19. "There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle." – Albert Einstein

20. "I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing." – Socrates

 

24 Kutipan Socrates

Socrates adalah salah satu filsuf paling berpengaruh sepanjang masa.
Tulisan-tulisannya yang tidak hanya inspiratif, tetapi hal itu akan
membuat pertanyaan dalam kehidupan Anda dengan cara yang sangat unik.

Berikut adalah 24 kutipan Socrates yang akan membuat Anda mempertanyakan kehidupan:

1) "Satu-satunya kebijaksanaan sejati adalah mengetahui Anda tidak tahu apa-apa."
2) "Kehidupan yang belum teruji bukan kehidupan yang layak."
3) "Hanya ada satu yang baik, pengetahuan, dan yang jahat, kebodohan."
4) "Saya tidak bisa mengajar siapapun apa-apa. Aku hanya bisa membuat mereka berpikir "
5) "Jadilah baik, untuk setiap orang yang Anda temui adalah perjuangan pertempuran
      yang keras."
6) "Pikiran Kuat mendiskusikan ide-ide, pikiran rata2 membahas kejadian,
      pikiran lemah membahas orang. "
7) "Dengan segala cara menikah; jika Anda mendapatkan istri yang baik, Anda akan menjadi
      bahagia; jika Anda mendapatkan yang buruk, Anda akan menjadi seorang filsuf. "
8) "Dia yang tidak puas dengan apa yang dimilikinya, tidak akan puas
      dengan apa yang akan dia ingin memiliki. "
9) "Jika Anda tidak mendapatkan apa yang Anda inginkan, Anda menderita; jika Anda
      mendapatkan apa yang Anda tidak ingin, Anda menderita; bahkan ketika Anda
      mendapatkan apa yang Anda inginkan, Anda masih menderita karena Anda tidak
      bisa berpegang pada itu selamanya.
      Pikiran Anda adalah keadaan Anda. Ia ingin bebas dari perubahan.
      Bebas dari rasa sakit, bebas dari kewajiban hidup dan mati.
      Tapi perubahan adalah hukum dan berpura-pura tidak akan mengubah kenyataan itu. "

10) "Kadang-kadang Anda menempatkan dinding sampai tidak membuat orang keluar,
        tapi untuk melihat siapa yang peduli cukup untuk menghancurkan dinding tsb. "
11) "Keajaiban adalah awal dari kebijaksanaan."
12) "Untuk menemukan diri, berpikir untuk diri sendiri."
13) "Pendidikan adalah kayu bakar dari api, tidak pengisian tangki."
14) "Kenalilah dirimu."
15) "Biarkan dia yang akan menggerakkan dunia pertama-tama bergeraklah sendiri."
16) "Rahasia kebahagiaan, Anda ketahui, tidak ditemukan dalam mencari kelebihan,
        tapi dalam mengembangkan kapasitas untuk menikmati kekurangan. "
17) "Rahasia perubahan adalah untuk memfokuskan semua energi Anda, bukan
        untuk memerangi yang lama, tapi untuk membangun yang baru. "
18) "Saya bukan warga Athena atau Yunani, tetapi warga dunia."
19) "Memilih pengetahuan ketimbang kekayaan, yang satu adalah fana, yang lainnya abadi."
20) "Memahami pertanyaan adalah setengah sebuah jawaban"
21) "Kebijaksanaan sejati datang ke masing-masing dari kita ketika kita menyadari betapa
        sedikit kita memahami tentang kehidupan, diri kita sendiri, dan dunia di sekitar kita "
22) "Dia adalah orang terkaya yang puas dengan kekurangannya, karena konten
        adalah kekayaan alam."
23) "Untuk menjadi adalah melakukan"
24) "Pikiran adalah segalanya; apa yang Anda pikir Anda akan menjadi "

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