Puisi 'Take Time'

''Take Time to : Pray, Play, Learn, Work, Love and Be Loved''

Itulah deskripsi blog saya..
Kalau diterjemahkan dalam Bahasa Indonesia kurang lebih artinya ''Manfaatkanlah Waktu(mu) untuk : Berdoa, Bermain, Belajar, Bekerja, Mencintai dan Dicintai.''

Kita, manusia, hidup di dunia ini haruslah bermanfaat, jika tidak bisa bermanfaat untuk orang lain, setidaknya bermanfaatlah dulu untuk diri sendiri dan tidak merugikan orang di sekitar kita. Bagaimana caranya? Ya, terapkan ''take time ......'' di atas dalam dunia sehari-hari :)

Puisi sarat hikmah ini diambil dari penggalan2 sebuah puisi. Mbah google dengan cepat membantu saya menemukan puisi versi lengkapnya :

TAKE TIME
by Anonymus

Take time to Think
It is the source of all power

Take time to Read
It is the foundation of all wisdom

Take time to Play
It is the source of perpetual youth

Take time to be Quiet
It is the opportunity to seek God

Take time to be Aware
It is the opportunity to help others

Take time to Love and Be Loved
It is God’s greatest gift

Take time to Laugh
It is the music of the soul

Take time to be Friendly
It is the road to happiness

Take time to Dream
It is what the future is made of

Take time to Pray
It is the greatest power on earth

Take time to Give
It is too short a day to be selfish

Take time to Work
It is the price of success

Take time to do Charity
It is the key to heaven.

Puisi ini pertama saya lihat gara2 disuruh baca oleh Bapak Pimpinan tempat kami Praktek Kerja Lapangan saat kelas 2 SMK. Saya, beserta 3 teman satu kelompok, cukup beruntung kebagian Praktek di kantor beliau. Makan gratis, uang transport, pegawai2 ramah, dan ilmu praktek memuaskan. Tiap pagi kami berempat mendengar ceramah singkat beliau sebelum bantu2 di perusahaan itu. Topiknya macam2, mulai dari akuntansi, rencana setamat SMK, ampe belajar B. Inggris. Isi puisi simple tapi dalem, plus Pengalaman menyenangkan disana, makin membuat saya jatuh hati sama puisi ini :)

Selain Puisi di atas, Saya juga menemukan beberapa puisi sejenis, di Positive Quotes Resource

The Optimist Creed
by Christian D. Larson

Promise Yourself

To be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind.

To talk health, happiness and prosperity
to every person you meet.

To make all your friends feel that there is
something in them.

To look at the sunny side of everything
and make your optimism come true.

To think only of the best, to work only for the best
and to expect only the best.

To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others
as you are about your own.

To forget the mistakes of the past and
press on to the greater achievements of the future.

To wear a cheerful countenance at all times and
give every living creature you meet a smile.

To give so much time to the improvement of yourself that you have no time to criticize others.

To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear,

and too happy to permit the presence of trouble.

Puisi selanjutnya...

Today You Can
by Catherine Pulsifer

Today you can choose to count your blessings
or you can count your troubles.

Today you can live each moment
or you can put in time.

Today you can take action towards your goals
or you can procrastinate.

Today you can plan for the future
or you can regret the past.

Today you can learn one new thing
or you can stay the same.

Today you can seek possibilities
or you can overwhelm yourself with the impossible.

Today you can continue to move forward
or you can quit.

Today you can take steps towards resolving your challenges or you can procrastinate.

You see today the choices are up to you
in deciding what you do today.

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Be the Best Whatever You Are
by Douglas Malloch

If you can't be a pine on the top of the hill
Be a scrub in the valley--

But be the best little scrub by the side of the rill;
Be a bush if you can't be a tree.

If you can't be a bush be a bit of the grass,
And some highway some happier make;

If you can't be a muskie then just be a bass--
But the liveliest bass in the lake!

We can't all be captains, we've got to be crew,
There's something for all of us here.

There's big work to do and there's lesser to do,
And the task we must do is the near.

If you can't be a highway then just be a trail,
If you can't be the sun be a star;

It isn't by size that you win or you fail--
Be the best of whatever you are!

Semoga Bermanfaat

Allow Yourself
by Catherine Pulsifer, © 2009

Allow your self to dream,
And when you do dream big

Allow yourself to learn
And when you do learn all you can

Allow yourself to laugh
And when you do share your laughter

Allow yourself to set goals
And when you do reward yourself as you move forward

Allow yourself to be determined
And when you do you will find you will succeed

Allow yourself to believe in yourself
And when you do you will find self confidence

Allow yourself to lend a helping hand
And when you do a hand will help you.

Allow yourself relaxation
And when you do you will find new ideas.

Allow yourself love
And when you do you will find love in return

Allow yourself to be happy
And when you do you will influence others around you.

Allow yourself to be positive
And when you do life will get easier.