People often ask me, what would you do if you have more money? What would you do if you won a thousand billion rupiah prize that doesn’t vanish within 7 generation descendant (hyperbolic question, I know)? Or they once asked me, what I have earned from my salary. To be precise, they would like to know changes I’ve been having since I had my own income.
None of them ever ask me, what would you do if you had less money? If you had a sudden bankruptcy or something beyond your control that took away what you’ve already had. What would you do? Would you go on crying and regret the destiny that came upon you? Would you start searching for someone to blame? Perhaps, those were the first thing we do, if bad luck is suddenly happen to us. None of us want it yet none of us can run from it. We start searching for someone or something to blame, from the possible possibility to the impossible one, the easiest thing is put the blame to god. And then we entered the mourning period, we look for someone to hold onto, someone we could put trust and hope that they will bring us out of the painful and complicated situation. And surprisingly, no one match the criteria. No one can help us out of the misery that we were facing. But guess what, there was one person who could help us get through the bad days. That one person is our self. Yes You! You were the one who could help yourself, with a lot of hard work and help from God.
Maybe we all humans used to think of the bright side instead of a bad one, or perhaps we don’t want to think of the bad ones. Good point, it makes us optimist and always think positive in living life. But I think the border line of having a positive thinking and day dreaming is very thin. One who always dreams that one day he/she will win a lottery prize or something big that make him/her rich full and wealthy, may end up in a mental institution. It will break their heart when they found out, that they were just dreaming.
I was thinking, If I were in such situation, I might not be strong enough not to cry. I might be clueless of what has to be done and desperately hoping for someone to come and help me out. However, I think the bitter sweet of life add some color to our personality. The bitter side of life would teach us how to be strong, fair and honest. While the sweet of life teach us how to be gentle, thankful and appreciative. Hopefully, the bitter sweet of life that we were facing will make us closer and closer to god. To be gratitude of what we’ve had and to realize how fragile and helpless we were in front of god. I always have faith that god will help me, no matter what. If there weren’t anyone who I could turn to, I always know I could turn to God.
PS: I need an extra income =(
