Handbook of 2013

Sekitar 5 tahun lalu, teman saya 'mengenalkan' lagu-lagu rohani baru, Planet Shakers. Pada awalnya memang terasa 'agak aneh' musiknya. Mungkin karena tidak terbiasa. Jauh sebelumnya, saya memang lebih banyak mendengarkan Hillsong. Sekilas, menurut saya, Planet shakers punya aransemen lagu-lagu yang agak lebih nge-rock. Tapi toh dua-duanya sama-sama memberkati.

Ada salah satu lagunya PlanetShakers yang menguatkan sekaligus bernostalgia buat saya, liriknya begini,

You ask me why
Why I’m so different
Why I’m not the same as everybody else
Well something changed
It just happened
When I opened up my heart and let Him in
Jesus came in he came into my life
And I know, I never felt so good.
Cause everything’s changed, everything is different
Everything’s changed, everything is different
Now
You ask me how
How I can be sure
How I know it’s not just something else for fun
Cause He’s so real
So real in my life
He picked me up and turned my universe around
Everything, everything, everything in my life’s changed
Everything, everything, everything in my life’s different 

(Everything's Changed - PlanetShakers)

Pertama kali mendengar lagu ini, saya seperti flashback apa-apa saja yang terjadi di tahun-tahun ke belakang.. Saya melihat hal itu seperti ada yang mengatur. Apa-apa yang terjadi saat itu, seperti sebuah proses yang saya rasakan hasilnya sekarang.

Awal tahun, HP diramaikan lagi dengan ucapan selamat di tahun yang baru dan segala doa dan harapan untuk tahun yang baru. Salah satu teman sejak kuliah, DN, menulis cukup panjang. Seperti sebuah resolusi yang panjang, tapi sangat menginspirasi karena punya kategori masing-masing... Waktu baca pun saya sangat terhibur dengan judulnya (yang saya pakai sebagai judul post di atas)

Saya coba share message-nya..

HEALTH
1. Make time to pray
2. Eat breakfast like a king, Lunch like a prince, and dinner like a beggar
3. Live with 3 E's : Energy, Enthusiasm, Empathy
4. Drink plenty of water
5. Play more games
6. Read more books than you did in 2012
7. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day
8. Sleep for 7 hours
9. Take a 10-30 minutes walk daily and while you walk, Smile!

PERSONALITY
1. Don't over do. Keep your limits
2. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does
3. Don't waste your precious energy on gossip
4. Dream more while you are awake
5. Envy is waste of time. You already have all you need.
6. Forget issues of your past. Don't remind your partner with his/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present Happiness.
7. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don't  hate others
8. Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present
9. No one is in charge of your happiness except you
10. Smile and laugh more
11.You don't have to win every argument, agree to disagree

SOCIETY
1. Call your family often
2. Each day give something good to others
3. Forgive everyone for everything
4. Spend time with people even with who over the age of 70 and under of 6
5. Try to make at least three people smile each day
6. What others people think of you is none of your business

LIFE
1. Do the right thing
2. Good or bad a situation, it will change
3. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up, show up. The best is yet to come
4.When awake in the morning, thank GOD for it.
5. Your inner most is always happy. So, be happy.

DN, thanks buat tulisannya. Semoga makin wise, di tahun ini dan tahun-tahun mendatang. Kalaupun bukan tulisan sendiri, nice share gan... God Bless!


God Bless Indonesia! (Semoga makin banyak koruptor yang dipenjara)