October 2004 Archives

gak selamanya kehidupan itu bisa jadi suatu yang abadi. manusia pasti ngalamin yang namanya kematian. beberapa minggu lalu nenek gue meninggal, kemudian tahun lalu babe gue meninggal. 2 tahun lalu om gue meninggal. semua akan musnah pada akhirnya. tapi kenangan yang tersisa gak akan pernah bisa hilang. kenangan yang lalu selalu tersimpan di hati. kenangan akan indahnya hidup dengan orang yang telah meninggalkan kita, kenangan akan canda dan tawa dengan orang-orang yang telah meninggalkan kita selamanya. semua kenangan itu akan menjadi pelajaran, nasihat dan panduan untuk menjalani hidup kita berikutnya.

Imagine human beings living in an underground, cave like dwelling, with an entrance a long way up, which is both open to the light and as wide as the cave itself They've been there since childhood, fixed in the same place, with their necks and legs fettered, able to see only in front of them, because their bonds prevent them from taming their heads around. Light is provided by a fire burning far above and behind them. Also behind them, but on higher ground, there is a path stretching between them and the fire. Imagine that along this path a low wall has been built, like the screen in front of puppeteers above which they show their puppets... Then also imagine that there are people along the wall, carrying all kinds of artifacts that project above it -- statues of people and other animals, made out of stone, wood and every material ... Then the prisoners would in every way believe that the truth is nothing other than the shadows of those artifacts."

-- Plato, "Republic, in Classics of Moral and Political Theory," --

bila ramadhan adalah sebuah lentera, aku ingin membuka hadirnya dengan maaf, agar cahayanya menembus jiwa dan kembali fitrah dari tiap khilaf yang ada.

mohon maaf lahir dan bathin.......