December 26, 2010

Biarkan Aku Bersendirian

Assalamualaikum semua!


Hari ini, saya masih mahu bercerita.
2011 mcam dah nak tiba jer? Jadi, cerita yang ingin
saya kongsi ini ada berkaitan dengan sebahagian azam wajib bagi
Nira Nyertika untuk tahun 2011. :)

Cerita ini telah dikongsi oleh cikgu saya waktu saya Primary 6 dulu.
(dah 5 tahun! :O) Ceritanya bertajuk "The Butterfly".

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The Butterfly
by Author Unknown

A man found a cocoon of a butterfly. One day a small opening appeared. He sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could, and it could go no further.

So the man decided to help the butterfly. He took a pair of scissors and snipped off the remaining bit of the cocoon.

The butterfly then emerged easily. But it had a swollen body and small, shriveled wings.

The man continued to watch the butterfly because he expected that, at any moment, the wings would enlarge and expand to be able to support the body, which would contract in time.

Neither happened! In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling around with a swollen body and shriveled wings. It never was able to fly.

What the man, in his kindness and haste, did not understand was that the restricting cocoon and the struggle required for the butterfly to get through the tiny opening were God's way of forcing fluid from the body of the butterfly into its wings so that it would be ready for flight once it achieved its freedom from the cocoon.

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biarkan Si Rama-Rama mengembangkan sayapnya
biarkan dia bersusah-payah
jangan dikesat keringat di dahinya
jangan dipadam segala khilafnya
usah dihilangkan kesan usaha
usah dihapus bukti dewasa
agar keberadaannya lebih bermakna.

Jom kita semua doa untuk kesejahteraan Nira pada tahun 2011 (InsyaAllah)!
Doanya simple, semua mesti dah hafal ;)

*Dimulakan dengan bismillah*

Berputiklah mekar jambangan puspa
Makbullah impi bersulam indah
Natijahnya manis, semanisnya Nira.

Mekar harum dalam sejambang
Moga puspa berputik indah.

AMIN :)

ps! mari kita raikan pencapaian kita bersama-sama! lihat notice board untuk updates! :D

December 2, 2010

"Ibu, saya mahu ice-cream."

Hi semua!

Khamis lalu merupakan hari penilaian untuk CDS - The Powerful Art of Story-telling.

Berikut adalah cerita yang telah saya kongsi dan ingin saya kongsi sekali lagi :)
Ceritanya bertajuk "Ice-cream".
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Last week, I took my children to a restaurant. My six-year-old son asked if he could say grace. As we nodded our heads, he said, "God is good. God is great. Thank you for the food, and I would even thank you more if Mom gets us ice-cream for dessert. And Liberty and justice for all! Amen!"

Along with the laughter from the other patrons nearby, I heard a woman remark, "That's what's wrong with this country. Kids today don't even know how to pray. Asking God ice-cream! Why, I'd never!"

Hearing this, my son burst into tears and asked me, "Did I do it wrong? Is God mad at me?"

As I held him and assured him that he had done a terrific job and that God was certainly not mad at him, an elderly gentleman approached the table. He winked at my son and said, "I happen to know that God thought that was a great prayer."

"Really?" my son asked.

"Cross my heart," the man replied.

Then in a theatrical whisper, he added, "Too bad she never asks God for ice-cream. A little ice-cream is good for the soul sometimes."

Naturally, I bought my kids ice-cream at the end of the meal. My son stared at his for a moment. He then picked up his sundae and without a word, walked over and placed it in front of the woman.

With a big smile he told her, "Here, this is for you. Ice-cream is good for the soul sometimes; and my soul is good enough already."
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Selain sedikit inti keagamaan yang terkandung dalam cerita ini, ada banyak pengajaran yang lebih penting yang tersirat di dalamnya. Hari ini kita nak bercakap tentang "sarcasm".

Kadang-kadang kita menggunakan kata-kata sinis untuk menyampaikan pengajaran.
Kadang-kadang, kita ditegur dengan kata-kata yang sinis untuk diberikan pengajaran.
(Macam pernah dengar jer?)



There's always two sides to a story. Or more.

Sesuatu boleh disampaikan dengan niat yang berbeza-beza.
Terpulang pada kita untuk menilainya.
Kalau "sarcasm" itu berasas, kita harus menerimanya dengan hati yang terbuka. Jangan simpan dalam hati tanpa mengambil pelajaran yang ingin disampaikan. Jangan terlalu cepat tersinggung.

Life's all about learning.
A learnt man is one who accepts criticism with an open mind.

Hidup ini penuh dengan pengajaran. Seseorang yang terpelajar menerima kritik dengan fikiran yang terbuka.

Jom kita memulakan kehidupan dengan belajar untuk menjadi orang yang "terpelajar"! :)

Sekian. Niat hanya untuk berkongsi pendapat. :)

 

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