Kalau Ada yang Harus Dibagi

As we think about it, to reach a certain point of stability, atom needs to eliminate its electron and transfer it to another atom that needs it to stabilize itself. Or else, They share the electrons--they use it together at the same time. This is an evidence of a fundamental concept of sharing. God has applied this concept even to the smallest unit of world's matters and of life. Thus, It will be a shame for human if they do not apply this concept in their lives. Shame, shame on you people.

Then I thought, if there is something that must be eliminated from me, or at least shared from my life, what should it be?

We might think the answer is the materials like money, gold or diamonds. But surely it is misleading and makes us forget about the simple things. It appears that The peace of mind, and the stability of it, often can be acquired by simply putting a dash of love to our lives. I believe that all of the creatures in this world need to be loved, to be cared at least a moment everyday. 

Let's take a look at the tree which recently had its flowers bloomed. It wants to be cared about--to have its beautiful yellow flowers to be seen and appreciated by the people who walk, passing it by everyday who ironically often do not realize the wonderful changes that happens to itself. The tree will be delighted if there are people stopping by to admire it for at least 10 seconds--to perceive the beauty of the flowers the tree had just bloomed this morning. It will make the tree delighted because it proves some compassion-- that we care about it, that we are not just passing it by.

In this case, human also needs compassion. It has been the nature of human to demand something like that. But often times people forget that they do not always share the compassion together. They do not always love each other at the same time. Just like the atoms, there are some which are stabilized by sharing electrons with other atoms while some others are stabilized from eliminating or transferring its electrons. Atoms that become stable from eliminating its electron are not harmed by losing something from itself, on the other hand it has got something for its benefit and at the very same time are helping another atoms who are lack of electrons to reach their stability. So both parties are satisfied.

We can use this analogy on human life.

Sometimes, we have to give away the compassion--the love, rather than sharing it. So, if there should be love taken away from us, perhaps it is what we actually need--to have something eliminated from ourselves, thus we will become stabilized. The other 'atom' who steal our 'transferred love' maybe in a greater need of it than our own self. It will be more useful for them, because it stabilize them. And it is not its fault for being unable to give anything in return-- it is lack of love from the very first place and that is why it steals away the love from us to stabilize itself. Thus, it makes all of the sense in the world that it will never be able to give anything in return. Be proud of yourself that you can sincerely giving away 'electrons' to them. It should not be a great loss for us since perhaps we are in need of eliminating it from ourselves so we can proceed with lighter step, to be better stabilized.

Let them keep the compassion, the love you have done to them. Because probably, that is what yourself need..to give away things that you have abundantly and let the other who is lack of it to earn it from you. Therefore, both of you will acquire the stability. 

The most important point is to not refrain from it. Simply be grateful that it happens to you--that eventually no harm is done, right?

Do not be blue, the world is fair to you. Not everyone can live their whole lives like that. For them, there must be other atom that will share its electrons--two atoms will share electrons and use it together at the same time-- two people who love each other at the same time, sharing compassion. So we have to find that atom like us and share the electrons--the compassion-- to reach stability together. Along the journey to find that atom, it is not a bad idea either to give away what we have now since we will never find out if that atom will steal away our electrons or if it will stick with us and share the electrons together at the same time.

The point is,

spend at least 10 seconds of your 24 hours in a day to admire and perceive the beauty all around you that God has carefully and perfectly crafted for you to appreciate.

Cheerio!

Nat King Cole's

Nat King Cole has always been one of my favorites.

I want to share this one song, 

Love is a many-splendored thing,
It's the April rose that only grows in the early spring,
Love is nature's way of giving a reason to be living,
The golden crown that makes a man a king.
Lost on a high and windy hill,
In the morning mist two lovers kissed and the world stood still,
When our fingers touch my silent heart has taught us how to sing,
Yes, true love's a many-splendored thing.

Love is a many Splendored thing-Nat King Cole

Childhood House Memory

Jalan Asahan 2C

Laladon Indah, Bogor

Kita pindah-pindah, katanya karena It is the nature of human to be dynamic. To once in a while move to the other points.

Siti Nurul Zhahara : A brief of a person with the name

"Gita!"

That is how people around me often call my self. It is not anywhere in the name Siti Nurul Zhahara, but it is me, my name.
I was born to a small, but warm and loving family with a compassionate mother (often she has it too much), a wise and unusually genius father, and a manipulative brother whose age was seven years old when I was brought to this mortal world. It was in Jakarta, on December the 12th in 1993. Months before that day, my father read a compilation book of Tagore's works called Gitanjali, which means The Song Offerings. And yes, Gita means song. My mother always wants to have a daughter who can sing, to inherit her unrealistic dream to be able to sing, she said. Besides, it is the custom in my family to call the children with a special name rather than picking up the first name to be the nickname. My brother for instance, he also has a special nickname. Therefore, my parent agreed on calling me Gita, regardless of what my full name is.

My childhood was a little bit unusual. I successfully learnt the ability to speak before I could even walk steadfastly on my little feet. My mother always tells me that it was because she consumed too much hot peppers when I was still in her tummy. It did not really matter, because what matters is when I was in Kindergarden. I asked my parent to enroll me to a Kindergarden when I was only 2 and a half years old. I did so because I saw my brother going to school, it looked cool for me back then. Thus, I thought I wanted to do it my self. Fortunately, my parent also thought that it is a good thing to enroll me to school in such early age. So in no time, I was enrolled to a Kindergarden which is not so far away from my home. The name of the Kindergarden is TK.Ar-Rifqi Bogor. But unfortunately, I did not do very well in Kindergarden. I was sort of behind from any other kids in cutting and gluing and coloring. I was always the last one who finished the activity of the day. I bet my mother was really concerned about me, but then the sun rises again after the heavy rain. I had been old enough to enter elementary school, so my mother tried to enroll me to the school where my brother used to go, SDN Panaragan 1 Bogor. And Thank God, I was accepted. I did extremely well in elementary school. I was always the best student in class, only once in the whole six years I got the second place. During my junior year in SMP Negeri 4 Bogor, I was placed second in Lomba Siswa Berprestasi in the City Region. My life has been getting so much better since then, even until now.

I went to SMA Negeri 1 Bogor for my High School. During this stage of my life, I got the honor to be one of the best Indonesian students to go abroad as an exchange student to Rushford, Minnesota, USA. I went to Rushford-Peterson High School as a senior. It was a life changing experience, a lifetime worthwhile memory that I can always learn from.

I am now pursuing my dream to be a worldwide well-known executive chef and a biomedicine scientist by studying Life Sciences as an undergraduate student in Institut Teknologi Bandung. I am still in my freshman year.

My goal in life is to make my parent experience the best of their lives and be happy about it, especially my mother. Also to be useful for the humankind, and to shed a smile on everyone's face.
What I am striving in life is Love, Peace of Mind, and the Harmony with my Surrounding. 

I am kind of person who enjoy Jazz, Swing, Bossanova, and Folk music. A little bit unusual taste for people in my age. I also enjoy reading literatures and watching good movies. I pretty much grow up cooking and baking in our family kitchen, and value culinary arts. I occasionally write poems and take photographs to interpret my feelings.

I would love to talk about what I like and I dislike, my perspectives in life, and so many other things you might and might not be so interested. But If I do so, this will not be brief. Therefore it will not be relevant to the title. 

Perhaps I will tell you more about those things some other time, in some other posts. But for now, you can check out my tumblr blog.


Have a Great Life!

Self Portrait 

was taken in 2011

I stand mesmerized,
wondering how you sing
your notes hold the world spellbound–
the light of your music
lights up my universe.
     (song 22 of Bengali Gitanjali, song 3 in the English)