A Motivated Story =)

Al-salam ...

I just thought to share one short story, a beautiful short story wrote by Paulo Coelho with you viewers..

When I read it, it reminds me a lot of things, about myself, what have I done. and what should I do. And I hope it will help to remind all of you of something too. Please read, the story is so beautiful, the message is so meaningful ...

The Story of the Pencil

A boy was watching his grandmother write a letter. At one point, he asked:

     "Are you writing a story about what we've done? Is it a story about me?"

     His grandmother stopped writing her letter and said to her grandson:

     "I am writing about you, actually, but more important than the words is the pencil I'm using. I hope you will be like this pencil when you grow up."

     Intrigued, the boy looked at the pencil. It didn't seem very special.

     "But it's just like any other pencil I've seen!"

     "That depends on how you look at things. It has five qualities which, if you manage to hang on to them, will make you a person who is always at peace with the world."

     "First quality: you are capable of great things, but you must never forget that there is a hand guiding your steps. We call that hand God, and He always guides us according to His will."

     "Second quality: now and then, I have to stop writing and use a sharpener. That makes the pencil suffer a little, but afterwards, he's much sharper. So you, too, must learn to bear certain pains and sorrows, because they will make you a better person."

     "Third quality: the pencil always allows us to use an eraser to rub out any mistakes. This means that correcting something we did is not necessarily a bad thing; it helps to keep us on the road to justice."

     "Fourth quality: what really matters in a pencil is not its wooden exterior, but the graphite inside. So always pay attention to what is happening inside you."

     "Finally, the pencil's fifth quality: it always leaves a mark. In just the same way, you should know that everything you do in life will leave a mark, so try to be conscious of that in your every action."

PAULO COELHO, 

Like The Flowing River, pg10-11

Sebuah Puisi : Nada di Tanduk Duri

Saat aku masih mengenang akan peritnya keindahan yang pernah aku kasihi dulu, aku membawa diri ke tempat yang banyak mengajar aku tentang berdikari, dan pendirian diri. Di Library Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia, aku menghabiskan masaku di suatu petang di sudut Literature untuk aku membaca mana-mana bahan bacaan yang patut. Hatiku sungguh tertarik dengan puisi Dato' A.Samad Said berjudul "Nada di Tanduk Duri", yang diterbitkan dalam Irama pada Mei 1955.
Puisi ini benar-benar menepati rasaku kala itu yang melalui sesuatu yang hampir sama dengan apa yang ditulis beliau...

Tiada bergema jiwa kelana sekian lama
mengharap kasih tenang menyujud di lutut hati,
tiada suara melimpah mesra mendendang lara
membawa hiba ganas bertakhta di kalbu sepi.

Pada kekasih sengaja menyimpang menggila pelukan
untaian kata semurni kasih aku beri
bila tiada teman bermesra di hari hadapan
usahlah berpaling mendakap aku meminta hati.

Segala kasih yang pernah kusembah sepenuh jiwa
biar terlempar ke lecak lumpur berbuih nista
kerana di hati mengamuk sudah benci menyala
kalau merela mercupnya cinta berbunga dusta.

Kekasih hati setia tiada dalam bercinta
marak api membakar liar menghangus jiwa.

orang mencari dan mengenal erti
atas dasar sendiri-sendiri
hidup tanpa hidup adalah mati
nyata dalam pentafsiran hakiki
tentang maksud keempunyaan dan
serah - kembali.
manusia sewajibnya diajar tentang
menjalani kesempurnaan
mengangkat darjat diri ke makam agung
mentahkik yang setitik dari mana
asalnya
dan ke mana tempat
kembali.

belajar dan menerima faham
daripada kurnia dan anugerah
atas campakan taufik dan hidayah
ke dalam qalbu manusia.
setelah itulah engkau diiktiraf sebagai
manusia yang yakin dan
percaya...

(::terima kaseh untuk insan yg mencipta hasil yg sebegini cantik, kukuh & mampu mengekalkan aku sebagai insan yg terus percaya::)