The Power of GIVING!
Something unexpected just happened 2 me… somebody whom I respect a lot gave me a present for no reason. She is my supervisor when I did my final assignment in my undergraduate program (Astronomy). Her name is Bu Nana. I really didn’t expect her to give me anything. But apparently it was none other than the work of Allah.
Not so long ago, I attended this summer school in Evolution of Language in Utrecht, Netherlands. After going back to Indonesia, the Professor teaching the lecture gave me some files regarding evolution of language. And I thought, “Why don’t I forward the files to Bu Nana?” I thought this way ‘cause she said that she was also interested in language, linguistic and stuff. So I forwarded the files to her. I mean, after what she’s done for me (guiding me through my final undergraduate years), sending her some files which I thought it would be useful somehow would be great.
Couples of weeks later, I came to see her to just make a silaturahim and say “Minal Aidin Wal fa idzin” after Eid Ul-Fitr (Idul Fitri). What surprised me from that meeting with her, she gave me a BOOK which she thought I would really like it. And yes, that was probably one of the best gifts in recent years. The book’s called “On Nature and Language” by Noam Chomsky, which points greatly on the relation between language, mind and the brain. I can use the book for many purposes, my personal interest and especially my thesis. I study Science in Management now for my graduate program. And my final thesis will hopefully be related to language and multilingualism in which I will relate this to mind and brain as well… I say “Alhamdulillah”. This is out of my control… God (Allah) really works in a mysterious way… The power of giving really works (sincere giving, of course)…
I also see the existence of the power of giving through my mother… Subhanallah. I always notice that she always gives anything she’s capable of to the people around her… in many forms… and in Islam, it is said that when you give something to other, Allah will give something back to you multiply… Giving something to people can be a hard thing to do, … InsyaAllah it’s going to be one of our tasks in this life if we want to be happy… I mean I’m happy not only because Bu Nana gave me the book, but I’m more happy to see how things work if we BELIEVE in Allah…
May I always have guidance…
It’s LANGUAGE
Subhanallah, I’ve been falling in love with something else these days… it is LANGUAGE… I mean I’ve been speaking Indonesian, English and a bit Sundanese… It think it’s time for me to GET CLOSER to other language… I’m now studying German (Deutsch)… and I’ve been loving it… I have a belief that the more you learn language, the more you know the expression you should convey through words… I know that not every word in English can be interpreted perfectly to Indonesia… and vice versa… As for my future project, I’m planning to learn more about languages… German, French, Dutch, Arab, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, and many other languages… Thanks to Allah that I love languages… It’s one of my attempts to get closer to people from all over the world, to be able to communicate with all my brothers and sisters, from Adam and Eve (Hawa)… May Allah bless my dream… InsyaAllah… Amin
Hmm… I just want to be…
As a human being, I have many dreams. I believe that Islam encourages people to pursue their dreams as long as it is in the right path. I mean, here is the list of things I want to be and do in the future: musician, writer, scientist, journalist, lecturer, etc…
Yet, among these dreams all I want to be is just being a good Muslim, that’s all…
It is the ultimate goal of my life… Am I already a good Muslim? Am I a bad Muslim?
No way can I judge myself. Only Allah Al-Mighty has the right to say someone a good Muslim or not. We’re all trying our best. Yet, we have to always look at sins we’ve done and try not to count every good things we’ve done. All I do will be nothing when I don’t do it in the path of what Allah has determined. InsyaAllah… we’re all trying
