REASON

Short story

A REASON

Masterpiece of aR-Gustian

Published by PENA EMASKOM

Jl.apel no 24 kalijaga permai Timur Cirebon

Cover Design by Biondi Arfidiantono

Translated by Fify Aliwinoto

First edition, July, 2008

That morning the situation of the class seemed strained. There were forty students, no one was dare to speak or simply to lift their head to look at the face of Mr. Satrio who was in great disappointment . The feeling of stress was triggered by the lateness of three students to come to the class after the bell rang. The bell was to remind the students to start the lesson. The three students were Mudakir, Irwan and Seno, the second class students of Science program and they often arrived at school late. Mr. Satrio was very disappointed because of their coming late but to his surprise they always had reasons. Satrio actually was not a teacher type who got angry easily. As a Physics teacher, the man having thin moustache and always having neat appearance had a habit to use logical thinking in every speaking, either when teaching and also guiding his students. But this time Mr. Satrio really wanted to know the reasons why the three students often came late.

“This time what reason do you have, Dakir?”, asked Mr. Satrio.

“It’s because the public car stopped many times to wait for passengers, sir”, replied Mudakir with his face down.

” And you, Seno?”, he asked Seno.

“I’m Sorry, sir, I overslept”, replied Seno also with face down.

“Why too late ?”.

“I studied until late at night sir, because today there is a test.”

Mr. Satrio nodded his head. Then he asked Irwan, ” You, Irwan, what reason do you have this time?”.

“The same,sir”, replied Irwan reluctantly.

“The same? as whose? Dakir’s or Seno’s?”, asked Mr. Satrio. He didn’t understand what the student, who always looked unneat because his clothes were seldom ironed, meant.

“The same as their reasons, sir”. Irwan answered unconfidently.

“Great. By taking their reasons you do not need to think for another reason, even you have two reasons at the same time, very clever. It means that this morning you woke up late and you took the same public car with Dakir, Is it true?”, asked Mr. Satrio curiously.

“That’s right”, replied Irwan again. Hearing his reason the other students in the class smiled, but with awareness. They worried if Mr. Satrio became angrier.

” Well, I will consider the reasons. Now all of you stand in the corner near the door over there, while I am asking your friends’ opinions about your reasons”, Mr. Satrio instructed the three students. They obeyed him still with face down.

Mr. Satrio then walked to the teacher’s desk in the classroom. He took two books while his students were waiting worriedly for what their Physics teacher would do next. The punished students standing in the corner of the classroom just smiled to know that their friends felt strained. Mr. Satrio holded two books, one book was a Physics textbook for the second grade of Senior High School and the other book was without any title. He walked to the front of the class. Without saying anything to his students Mr. Satrio tore the text book into small pieces, then he also tore the other book into two parts. The students were astonished to see what their teacher was doing, but they didn’t dare to ask anything, all students, including the three punished students were silent. All waited, worriedly waited for his next action.

” Did all of you see that I tore the books”, asked Mr.Satrio.

“ Yes sir”, answered the students in a choir.

” Did all of you know what books I tore?”

” No sir”, again they answered in a choir.

” All of you don’t know what books these are, do you?”.

” No sir”.

“This is a Physics book, the book which I always use for teaching all of you and the other book is very valuable for me. I write all your marks and your progress on this book. Did all of you know the reason why I tore these books?”, asked Mr. Satrio. The question was not replied by his students. All kept silent. In order not to make the environment in the classroom tensed, suddenly someone was dare enough to ask, ” Why did you tear those books, sir ?” asked a schoolgirl who was sitting in the middle row.

“Why? did all of you know the reason?”

” Are you angry, sir?” The schoolgirl tried to guess the reason. Mr. Satrio gave a smile, he shook his head. He hoped the schoolgirl understood that he was not at all angry.

to be continued……….

MEMBANGUN KEhidupAN

Jilid 1 : Menelaah judul di atas, membuat kita harus berfikir. Dasar pemikirannya adalah, apa sebenarnya yang kita kerjakan dalam hidup di dunia ini ?.

Kehidupan adalah gerak hidup itu sendiri. Adapun hidup itu adalah mutlak, ketetapan dari pemberi hidup. Namun persoalan kehidupan adalah persoalan bagaimana kita membangun hidup kita. Bagaimana kita mengisinya, menjalaninya. Kita menciptakan norma dan sistem yang di gunakan dalam membangun kehidupan dan itu berlangsung secara terus menerus.

Hidup itu sendiri sebenarnya adalah bagian dari sistem yang berlaku dalam alam semesta ini. Sistematis hidup yang kita kenal sebagai hukum alam atau sunatullah sudah ada dan tersedia, kita hanya tinggal menjalankan, menyelaraskan, mengolah dan mengembangkannya sesuai dengan tujuan yang kita pilih. Sistematis hidup adalah mutlak dan harus menjadi acuan kita, karena jika kita membangun kehidupan yang bertentangannya, maka akan terjadi konflik yang berkepanjangan, kehilangan arah dan bentuk, baik di tingkat pemikiran maupun pelaksanaannya.

Membangun kehidupan adalah wajib bagi kita sebagai manusia. Hal itu perlu karena kita ingin mendapatkan hasil yang baik dari kehidupan yang ada. Untuk itu, sang pencipta sudah melengkapi perangkat hardware maupun software dalam diri kita. Mulai dari akal, sampai kepada bahasa sebagai alat komunikasi. Kemampuan gerak, ilham, kreatifitas, semua di berikan kepada kita. Jadi, jika kita tidak mau membangun kehidupan ini, padahal semua telah diberi olehNYA, maka kita sebenarnya bukan mahluk hidup. Kita terjepit di ruang kosong, kita menjadi bukan siapa-siapa, bingung dan sesat. Membangun kehidupan adalah pembuktian bahwa kita hidup dan meyakini ada yang memberi hidup.