Seekor belalang telah lama terkurung dalam sebuah kotak. Suatu hari ia berhasil keluar dari kotak yang mengurungnya tersebut.
Dengan gembira ia melompat-lompat menikmati kebebasannya. Di perjalanan dia bertemu dengan seekor belalang lain. Namun dia keheranan mengapa belalang itu bisa melompat lebih tinggi dan lebih jauh darinya.
Dengan penasaran ia menghampiri belalang itu, dan bertanya,“Mengapa kau bisa melompat lebih tinggi dan lebih jauh, padahal kita tidak jauh berbeda dari usia ataupun bentuk tubuh ?”.
Belalang itu pun menjawabnya dengan pertanyaan, “Dimanakah kau selama ini tinggal? Karena semua belalang yang hidup di alam bebas pasti bisa melakukan seperti yang aku lakukan”.
Saat itu si belalang baru tersadar bahwa selama ini kotak itulah yang membuat lompatannya tidak sejauh dan setinggi belalang lain yang hidup di alam bebas.
Renungan :
Kadang-kadang kita sebagai manusia, tanpa sadar, pernah juga mengalami hal yang sama dengan belalang. Lingkungan yang buruk, hinaan, trauma masa lalu, kegagalan yang beruntun, perkataan teman atau pendapat tetangga, seolah membuat kita terkurung dalam kotak semu yang membatasi semua kelebihan kita.
Lebih sering kita mempercayai mentah-mentah apapun yang mereka voniskan kepada kita tanpa pernah berpikir benarkah Anda separah itu?
Bahkan lebih buruk lagi, kita lebih memilih mempercayai mereka daripada mempercayai diri sendiri.
Tidakkah Anda pernah mempertanyakan kepada nurani bahwa Anda bisa “melompat lebih tinggi dan lebih jauh” kalau Anda mau menyingkirkan “kotak” itu?
Tidakkah Anda ingin membebaskan diri agar Anda bisa mencapai sesuatu yang selama ini Anda anggap diluar batas kemampuan Anda?
Beruntung sebagai manusia kita dibekali Tuhan kemampuan untuk berjuang, tidak hanya menyerah begitu saja pada apa yang kita alami.
Karena itu teman, teruslah berusaha mencapai apapun yang Anda ingin capai. Sakit memang, lelah memang, tapi bila Anda sudah sampai di puncak, semua pengorbanan itu pasti akan terbayar.
Kehidupan Anda akan lebih baik kalau hidup dengan cara hidup pilihan Anda. Bukan cara hidup seperti yang mereka pilihkan untuk Anda
Can U Have Arjuna Focus?
Arjuna of Mahabharata (An Indian epic) is well known as a skilled archer. It is said that once Arjuna focusses on a target, he always hits it.
Following is an inspiring scene from Mahabharata showing Arjuna’s razor sharp focus:
Drona Archarya was the greatest teacher in Archery who ever lived. Following him as a group of students were Arjuna, Ashwathama, Yudhistar and many others.
Among these Arjuna excelled in archery. One day other students openly criticized Drona for favouritism towards Arjuna, telling him they too were not less skillful in archery.
Tomorrow, there will be an archery competition to find out the best archer,” Drona replied.
The next day Drona hung a wooden bird on a tree far from them. “See that wooden bird perched on the tree ahead of us? Aim at its eye,” he said.
He calls the first student - Yudhistar. Yudhistar plucked an arrow from the quiver, placed it on the bow, and pulled the string. “What do you see?” Drona asked. “I see the sun, the clouds, the trees,” Yudhistar replied as he released the string. The arrow shot forward and landed yards away from the tree.
Another student - Ashwathama took his position. He plucked an arrow from his quiver, placed it on the bow, and pulled the string. “What do you see?” Drona asked. “I see the bird, its legs, the twigs on the branch in which the bird sits, the small mango behind the bird, the leaves surrounding the bird, a small worm on the branch that approaches the bird.” The surrounding crowd is amazed.
Other students could barely see the bird and nobody else had the eyesight to spot so many small details that Ashwathama so casually spotted. As he released the string, the arrow shot forward and landed near the roots of the tree. Similarly the rest tried but none succeed.
Finally it was Arjuna’s turn. He plucked an arrow from his quiver, placed it on the bow, and pulled the string. Following is the conversation between Drona and Arjuna emphasizing on how focussed Arjuna was:
Drona: “What do you see?”
Arjuna: “I see the eye of the bird”
Drona: “Do you see the tree?”
Arjuna: “No”
Drona: “Do you see the branch?”
Arjuna: “No”
Drona: “Do you see the bird?”
Arjuna: “No”
Drona: “Then what else do you see, Arjuna?”
Arjuna: “Nothing. I see only the round black eye of the bird”
As Arjuna released the string, the arrow shot forward with a swoosh. It pierced the center of the eye of the wooden bird.
Following is an inspiring scene from Mahabharata showing Arjuna’s razor sharp focus:
Drona Archarya was the greatest teacher in Archery who ever lived. Following him as a group of students were Arjuna, Ashwathama, Yudhistar and many others.
Among these Arjuna excelled in archery. One day other students openly criticized Drona for favouritism towards Arjuna, telling him they too were not less skillful in archery.
Tomorrow, there will be an archery competition to find out the best archer,” Drona replied.
The next day Drona hung a wooden bird on a tree far from them. “See that wooden bird perched on the tree ahead of us? Aim at its eye,” he said.
He calls the first student - Yudhistar. Yudhistar plucked an arrow from the quiver, placed it on the bow, and pulled the string. “What do you see?” Drona asked. “I see the sun, the clouds, the trees,” Yudhistar replied as he released the string. The arrow shot forward and landed yards away from the tree.
Another student - Ashwathama took his position. He plucked an arrow from his quiver, placed it on the bow, and pulled the string. “What do you see?” Drona asked. “I see the bird, its legs, the twigs on the branch in which the bird sits, the small mango behind the bird, the leaves surrounding the bird, a small worm on the branch that approaches the bird.” The surrounding crowd is amazed.
Other students could barely see the bird and nobody else had the eyesight to spot so many small details that Ashwathama so casually spotted. As he released the string, the arrow shot forward and landed near the roots of the tree. Similarly the rest tried but none succeed.
Finally it was Arjuna’s turn. He plucked an arrow from his quiver, placed it on the bow, and pulled the string. Following is the conversation between Drona and Arjuna emphasizing on how focussed Arjuna was:
Drona: “What do you see?”
Arjuna: “I see the eye of the bird”
Drona: “Do you see the tree?”
Arjuna: “No”
Drona: “Do you see the branch?”
Arjuna: “No”
Drona: “Do you see the bird?”
Arjuna: “No”
Drona: “Then what else do you see, Arjuna?”
Arjuna: “Nothing. I see only the round black eye of the bird”
As Arjuna released the string, the arrow shot forward with a swoosh. It pierced the center of the eye of the wooden bird.
Unlock Your Mind Fren!!
I’m sure you’ve all heard of the great illusionist of yesteryear - Harry Houdini. Houdini was a master magician as well as a fabulous locksmith. Houdini was probably the most famous escape artist in the world.
I read an interesting incident from his life this week. I’m not sure if the story I’m about to share with you is part of his legend or part of his history, but it surely is fascinating.
Houdini was very confident in his talents.
He claimed that he could escape from any Jail cell in the World in less than an hour, provided he could go into the cell dressed in street clothes. And every time he was given this challenge, he accepted and did just as he promised. He was left alone in a locked cell and in a few short minutes he would miraculously escape.
But one time things didn’t go as Houdini planned…
A small town in the British Isles built a new jail cell and they were proud of it. “Come give us a try,” they said to Houdini, and he agreed.
He walked into the prison cell bristling with confidence. After all, he had done this hundreds of times before. Houdini hid inside his belt a special lock pick he had designed. Once the jail cell was closed, Houdini took off his coat, and set to work with his lock pick. But he discovered that something was unusual about this particular lock.
For 30 minutes he worked and got nowhere. And his confident expression disappeared.
An hour passed, and still he had not been able to open the door. By now he was bathed in sweat and panting in exasperation, but he still could not pick the lock. He tried all the tricks of his trade but nothing worked.
After two hours and totally exhausted, Houdini literally collapsed against the door. The door swung open and he discovered it it had not been locked in the first place!
It was locked only to him in his mind.
I read an interesting incident from his life this week. I’m not sure if the story I’m about to share with you is part of his legend or part of his history, but it surely is fascinating.
Houdini was very confident in his talents.
He claimed that he could escape from any Jail cell in the World in less than an hour, provided he could go into the cell dressed in street clothes. And every time he was given this challenge, he accepted and did just as he promised. He was left alone in a locked cell and in a few short minutes he would miraculously escape.
But one time things didn’t go as Houdini planned…
A small town in the British Isles built a new jail cell and they were proud of it. “Come give us a try,” they said to Houdini, and he agreed.
He walked into the prison cell bristling with confidence. After all, he had done this hundreds of times before. Houdini hid inside his belt a special lock pick he had designed. Once the jail cell was closed, Houdini took off his coat, and set to work with his lock pick. But he discovered that something was unusual about this particular lock.
For 30 minutes he worked and got nowhere. And his confident expression disappeared.
An hour passed, and still he had not been able to open the door. By now he was bathed in sweat and panting in exasperation, but he still could not pick the lock. He tried all the tricks of his trade but nothing worked.
After two hours and totally exhausted, Houdini literally collapsed against the door. The door swung open and he discovered it it had not been locked in the first place!
It was locked only to him in his mind.
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