Wednesday Wisdom

I bumped up to Ibu Melly's post on Instagram, she was once a lecturer at my campus, her caption tho:

"It's not to buy all you want to have BUT to do all the things you want to do and be all the things you want to be. #wednesdaywisdom"

February has been a tough month, but as Dag Hammarskjöld have said, "Never measure the height of a mountain until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was." Well, indeed. I had every intention to be great, to be grand, but there will always any days that all I could be is just to be okay. And it's okay, truly okay, as long as I remember that a journey is just meant to be traversed, in a positive way of course.

I really have to reduce (to 0%, I wish) the consumptive wants that I have because I am here today not to grant my lust, but to make my love ones proud. Bismillah.

Ada Apa #11 | Hati

Ada seorang buta, laki-laki lanjut usia, yang berjalan pelan dengan tongkatnya. Ia menyusuri pinggiran depan pasar dengan sepasang sandal yang (nampaknya) tak lagi nyaman. Separuh jalan dan tongkatnya diarahkan ke kanan, mencari celah untuk masuk ke dalam. Namun, tidak ada, masih dihalangi pagar besi berkarat yang catnya pudar.

Aku melihat di balik kaca dari dalam mobil yang dikunci seorang perempuan. Di tengah pikuk alunan nada NonaRia, aku diam-diam berdoa agar sang buta bisa menemukan jalan untuk bisa masuk ke pasar. Bukan untuk dicontoh. Karena berdoa memang bisa menjadi salah satu cara, tetapi bergerak atau melakukan aksi atas hati yang sudah peduli menurutku akan lebih indah.

Dari seberang, seorang lelaki muda dengan tas ransel di belakang punggungnya berlari kecil dan menghampiri si bapak buta. Bibirnya bergerak mengatakan sesuatu, entah ia berkata apa, tetapi tangan bapak ditaruh di pundak kanannya, seraya berjalan menuju gerbang masuk pasar yang ramai tak terkira. Ini hari Minggu. Dan yang aku tahu, lelaki muda itu benderang.

Aku mudah terharu. Aku melirik langit dan berbisik, "Masih ada yang peduli. Masih ada yang baik hati." Bahagia sekali. Puji-pujian untuk alam semesta dan penghuninya, semoga selalu bisa menolong sesama.

Pencipta memang selalu memiliki cara untuk apapun, termasuk mengingatkan aku. Jangan sampai terang di luar, tetapi gelap di dalam, seperti hati kebanyakan orang.

Small Thing

Hi! It's February and I have to begin this month by writing my thesis so that I can graduate this year! Y'all say AAMIIN! *aamiin* Anyways, lately I've been doing these small things myself and I hope I can make it as a big change for the entire being's life, or at least the smallest a.k.a mine. So, what are they?

1. Bring my own water bottle or tumbler whenever and wherever I go. I've been doing this since forever, my favorite habit so far.
2. Bring my own tote bag inside my bag, in the car, or whenever I go.
3. Not using straw, plastic drinking-straw, except if the place offers me stainless steel straw or anything reusable. I also avoid using a bamboo chopstick or any non-reusable utensil for me to eat.
4. Keeping my trash with me until I find any trash can.
5. Ordering cone instead of a cup for my ice cream. This one kinda hard because I eat ice cream like a kid a.k.a celemotan.

Thank God that I inspired by many beautiful people I found in the digital world. I never meet them in person, but somehow I feel connected and I love doing the same struggle with them. Two of my favorites are:

1. Astri Puji Lestari

I adore everything about her! From her little but clean white house that you can check out here featured by Living Loving to her site that is so helpful.

2. Kota tanpa Sampah

It's a local movement I know from a good friend of mine. I usually keep up with their feed on Instagram, but they also got a not-so-updated site that you can check out here.

It is HARD to live a zero-waste life, but by that, it doesn't mean that it's impossible. You know it's hard, especially when you've been surrounded by a plastic-everywhere-environment because my mother does catering services and use a lot of non-reusable containers. I also having a hard time to reduce my utilization of tissue paper and cotton pad because I just use it quite a lot when I go to the toilet and for my skincare routine. Well, step-by-step, little-by-little, I know I can do it tho it's still an awfully long waaaaay to go.

What small thing do you like to do best as a change for our lovely mother Earth? Share yours with me! :)