May 27th and Why We Should Embrace the Tragedy
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God gives us a million particle to form our brain, to remember every single episode in our life that might happen variously. Joy, sadness, or even a tragedy. Also, I never forget for being a grateful lad because God has given me a flawless gift.
However, not every single person could memorize what they’ve done in the past. And again, I become that kind of people. There were a short-term memory and long-term memory for those who could remember every moment. But for me, it all just about immortal memory and you-can’t-even-remember-what-you’ve-done-rightly.
May 27th belongs to my immortal memory. I swear I won’t forget all that happens that old day. Every single thing that happens in an hour, I could mention until these days.
May 27th, 2006, 05.55 WIB brings me a dark recall. Not only for me but also all of Yogyakarta people. A big earthquake happened in Yogyakarta. Seismograph has recorded 5,9 SR as a matrix for the power of an earthquake.
I won’t mention every moments that day. No, not because I forget it. I just want to save my own memory. Let it be a story for myself. One certain thing, Yogyakarta has got a blue feeling for a long enough time. A hundred thousand houses were destructed, all was level with the ground. Thousands of people were died, including my brother.
My brother left me then. But again, I have always been grateful for everything that God has given to me. God may love my brother and want to meet him quicker than I think.
I wouldn't be naïve, it takes a long time to embrace the fact that my brother would never come back in my life anymore, at least in this temporal worlds. There were always sad things to remember about him. Like a younger brother to his old, he’s simply my idol.
However, we should deal, why should we remember sad things continuously? Does it make better if we just pray for those who leave us? Let the memory came to us, but let our think makes a different way of responding.
Tragedy, or anything else that relate to sad things, is hard to fly away from our memory. But, the tragedy has happened. What can I do then? We couldn’t repeat and change the reality to be happier. Every single God’s judgment is a certain thing, and we should respond better.
All we can do is to make a tragedy as a true reminder for us that everything in this world will be going back to God. There will be a time for us to face the tragedy. And the most important thing is how we respond it.
For the longer reason, we should embrace the tragedy. Once again, let the tragedy be a true reminder for us.
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Today, 12 years ago, tragedy has happened to me, to my fam, to the Yogyakarta people. But now, we all realize that the earthquake was really remind us, that we shouldn’t take a too serious thing in this temporal life. There will be a life after death, and we should prepare it.
Does the tragedy makes us --as a human being-- remind for Allah more intense?
Ah.. last night was Champions League final. I’m sure you watched too with Dad there. My best regards to him, ya! Enjoy the heaven there!
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