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" Be The Best of Whatever You Are "

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 on the rill;
Be a bush if you can't be a tree

If you can't be a bush, be a bill of the grass
and some highway 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 captain's, 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 you must do is the near.

If you can't be a highway then 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!

By : Douglas Malloch

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" Beringin dan Alang-alang "

Lihatlah alang-alang itu..
Tak sepi dari angin yang menerpa..
Terkadang ia merunduk terkadang ia meliuk..

Ketika angin telah pergi..
Ia pun kembali tegak tersenyum..

Ajaibnya..
Sebesar apapun angin menerpa..
Ia tak pernah tercabut terbawa hembusan angin..

Ia bagaikan seorang mukmin..
Hidupnya tak sepi dari ujian..
Namun ia tetap tabah dan sabar..
Hatinya dipenuhi iman dan ketawadluan..

Sebaliknya..
Pohon beringin yang besar..
Ia tampak kokoh mengagumkan..
Namun.. Ketika angin topan bertiup..
Ia mudah tumbang tersungkur..
 
Itulah perumpamaan munafik..
Ia terlihat mengagumkan..
Badannya yang tegap dan kuat..
Namun hatinya rapuh..
Tak punya kesabaran tidak pula ketabahan..

Demikian Nabi kita mengumpamakan..
Dalam hadits riwayat Bukhari dan Muslim..

Ya Rabb.. Jadikan aku kuat seperti alang-alang.