My Lovely, Earth

dear Earth,
why do you reveal to be blue?
while your surface is certainly green

My world, Earth,
are you dissatisfied with me?
only because i'm unable to heed you in every your night
or because i'm the late?

My third, Earth,
i've sent the moon, the stars in your night
to keep you bright enough

oh my terrestrial planet, Earth
my little blue planet rotates
dont you ever hear the cocks anymore!
coz, i do promise to not be late again to shine you

my snowball, Earth,
tied up your trust only on me
i will never ever chagrin you down

your love, Sun

IYYAKA NA'BUDU....

Kisah ini diceritakan oleh Syaikh Akbar Ibnu Arabi dalam kitabnya Al Futuhat Al Makkiyah. Berikut petikannya:
Seorang ustadz bercerita bahwa ia memiliki seorang murid kecil yang terbiasa membaca Al Quran kepadanya. Suatu hari, ia melihat wajah muridnya sayu. Ia pun bertanya tentang kondisi murid itu kepada teman-temannya. Ada yang menjawab bahwa anak itu telah shalat malam dengan mengkhatamkan seluruh Al Quran.
Ia lalu bertanya kepadanya, “Wahai anakku, saya diberitahu bahwa kamu semalam mengkhatamkan seluruh Al Quran dalam shalatmu.”
“Benar, ustadz.” jawab murid itu.
“Wahai anakku, nanti malam, bayangkanlah wajahku di depanmu sewaktu kamu shalat lalu bacalah Al Quran di hadapanku dan jangan kamu lalai.”
“Ya, ustadz.”

The Journey Begins

the lights begin to twinkle from the rocks

the long day wanes

the slow moon climbs

the deep moans round with many voices

come my friends.....

'tis not the late to seek a never world

push off and sitting well on order smile

the surrounding furrows 

for my purpose holds

to sail beyond the sunset, and the baths

of all the western stars, until i die

by Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Jatuh Cinta

mungkinkah salah bila aku katakan aku jatuh cinta?

bukan dari segala hal yang kau miliki membuat semuanya indah

melainkan dari lantunan lembut nada jiwa

yang perlahan memberikan hidupku warna

mungkinkah salah bila aku akui aku benar - benar jatuh cinta?

dari hal kecil yang tak terasa sewajarnya

yang memperjelas makna sesungguhnya dunia

labih dari hanya keinginan semata

mungkinkah salah bila memang aku jatuh cinta?

rasa yang mampu menuntunku menjadi lebih dewasa

rasa yang bukan hanya sekedar suka, tapi juga saling menerima

dan rasa yang mengajariku tuk senyum dan bahagia

mungkinkah salah bila ternyata aku telah jatuh cinta?

mendengar satu rasa dengan hati, bukan telinga

memegang ikrar suci dengan tangan raga

melukis sebuah cerita bukan hanya dengan tinta warna merah

dan,

mungkinkah salah bila sungguh aku larut dalam jatuh cinta?

meski rasa yang tak untuk selamanya

meski ada yang meragukannya nyata

tapi sungguh aku akan berani mengatakan "YA!"

Aku Jatuh Cinta

Abraham Lincoln Quotes

A

• A house divided against it cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure permanently half-slave and half-free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved – I do not expect the house to fall – but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing or all the other.
• As a general rule, I abstain from reading the reports of attacks upon myself, wishing not to be provoked by that to which I cannot properly offer an answer.
• . . . all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free; . . .

I

• I remember my mother’s prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.
• If I only had an hour to chop down a tree, I would spend the first 45 minutes sharpening my axe.
• I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
• I am not concerned that you have fallen; I am concerned that you arise.
• I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so.
• If General McClellan isn’t going to use his army, I’d like to borrow it for a time.
• I want every man to have the chance – and I believe a black man is entitled to it – in which he can better his condition, when he may look forward and hope to be a hired labourer this year and the next, work for himself afterward, and finally to hire men to work for him. That is the true system.

T

• They are just what we would be in their situation. If slavery did not exist among them, they would not introduce it. If it did now exist among us, we should not instantly give it up.

W

• When the conduct of men is designed to be influenced, persuasion, kind unassuming persuasion, should ever be adopted. It is an old and true maxim that ‘a drop of honey catches more flies than a gallon of gall.’ So with men. If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend. Therein is a drop of honey that catches his heart, which, say what he will, is the great highroad to his reason, and which, once gained, you will find but little trouble in convincing him of the justice of your cause, if indeed that cause is really a good one.
• What is conservativism? Is it not the adherence to the old and tried against the new and untried?
• Whatever you are, be a good one.
• With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die.

Y

• You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.