Alasan Mengapa Saya tidak bertanya "Mengapa Saya?"

Arthur Ashe, adalah pemain legendaris Tenis Wimbledon yang meninggal karena AIDS akibat transfusi darah yang yang diterima saat operasi jantung pada 1983. Pada suatu kali, ia menerima sebuah surat dari penggemarnya yang bertanya, “Mengapa Allah memilih Anda untuk menerima penyakit buruk itu.” Arthur menjawab: Ada 50 puluh juta anak yang memulai untuk bermain tenis di seluruh dunia. Namun, hanya 5 juta saja yang telah belajar untuk bermain tenis. Ada 500,000 orang yang belajar bermain tenis secara profesional. Di antara mereka, terdapat 50,000 yang siap mengikuti turnamen yang diadakan setiap waktu. Ada 5000 petenis yang berhasil mengikuti turnamen grand slam. Ada 50 petenis mengikuti turnamen Wimbledon, tapi hanya 4 petenis yang berhasil mencapai semi final, lalu 2 petenis berhasil bertanding final. Namun, hanya saya yang berhasil memenangkan piala. Ketika memegang piala di tangan, saya tidak bertanya kepada Allah “Mengapa Saya?” Hari ini saya tidak bertanya kepada Allah saat saya sakit, “Mengapa Saya?”

Kebahagiaan hanya akan menjaga Anda bersikap manis. Tantangan menjaga Anda tetap kuat. Dukacita menjaga Anda tetap manusiawi. Kegagalan membuat Anda rendah hati. Kesuksesan membuat Anda bersemangat, tetapi hanya sikap dan kesetiaan akan menjaga Anda untuk tetap maju.

Jauh

Begitu jauh engkau berada di sana
hingga tak mungkin tuk kujumpai

Andaipun dapat kujumpa,
mungkinkah dapat kutuliskan lagi kisah-kisah tentang kita?
karna kutahu,
ruang hatimu telah penuh terisi
dengan pribadi yang lain

Sungguh malang diri ini,
yang tak pernah bisa melupakanmu
Sungguh kasihan diri ini,
yang tak pernah berhenti mengingatmu
Sungguh keparat diri ini,
yang menginginkan
agar kau melupakannya
dan lebih memilihku

Diri Ini

aku adalah lumpur hitam
yang mendebu
menempel di sepatu dan sandal
hinggap di atas aspal
terguyur hujan
terpelanting
masuk comberan
siapa sudi memandang
atau mengulurkan tangan?
tanpa uluran tangan Tuhan
aku adalah lumpur hitam
yang malang


(Ayat-ayat Cinta karya Habiburrahman Saerozi)

Love

Love is something that is not easily explained
No one word can express it
And no one person feels the same about it
It's waking up in the morning wanting to be with that one person
And going to bed feeling the same way
It's knowing that you want to spend the rest of your life with him
And it's a feeling so great that no matter what anyone says will never be taken away
It's crying every night when the one you love doesn't love you back
It's feeling that pain in your heart when you lose that one person.

But to just hear those three little words come from his mouth
And actually know he means it
That's the best feeling in the world
To know that someone loves you for you
And wants to be with you forever
Love is hard to find, and even harder to keep
It takes time and effort to keep it going
But you don't mind because you would do anything in the world to keep it
It's knowing that when you come home you'll have someone to share your day with
It's that last conversation of the night before you fall asleep
He's the first one you want when you wake up
The only thing that's on your mind all day, every day
It's knowing that someone's always there for you to cry on
Someone's always there for you to talk to about anything
And won't judge you for thatIt's the person you feel the most comfortable with in the world
And to know that you have that
That you share that special bond with one other person
That's the best feeling in the world.

But when you lose that feeling
When you lose the only thing that ever mattered to you
It seems like life has no purpose, no point at all
You feel like you could just curl up and die
That nothing or no one else matters to you
And the only thing that you've ever wanted is now gone
And you will do anything to get him back,
Because he's worth it
You'll try and try until one day you realize
That things will never be the same again.

Your love is still there, deep inside of you
So you try your best to just be friends,
And it works for a while
But the feelings are still there
And no matter how hard you try friend will never be good enough
So you want to forget about him, but that's even harder
There's too many memories, to many good times to just forget

And no matter what you do, he's always there
Everywhere you look, everything you do, every place you go,
Every song you hear, every guy you see
Reminds you of him
And you hope some day you'll be back together
But until then there's nothing you can do
But sit and cry, to go through that pain when he talks about
Another girl he likes, or how good his life is going
And that pain breaks your heart day after day
Tear after tear, until you have no mores tears to cry
Until you just get used to that hole in your heart that won't go away,
That pain that never leaves you
That lonely feeling that stays with you forever
And you may have other guys, but nothing or no one could ever compare, and you know that.

(Author : Amanda Norton)