Optimisme dan Semangat Baru Untuk Sebuah Kesatuan Bernama “Indonesia”

“Indonesia, sebuah nama yang melambangkan persatuan atas keberagaman rakyat dan kesejahteraan rakyat, sebuah nama atas bangsa yang mandiri, optimis dan mempunyai semangat dalam meraih masa depannya” – Bayu Wicaksono

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Indonesia, adalah sebuah tanah air dimana saya tinggal saat ini. Indonesia yang menurut semua orang adalah tanah yang kaya, tanah yang subur dan kaya akan sumber daya alam. Coba kita pikirkan, kekayaan alam apa yang tidak ada di Indonesia? Hampir semua nya tersedia disini.  Semua bangsa di dunia tak ada yang tak tertarik terhadap Indonesia terutama sumber daya alamnya, dapat diperumpamakan “ada gula, ada semut” , maka Indonesia adalah gula yang siap diserbu oleh berbagai macam semut dari seluruh penjuru dunia.  Benar saja,dalam sejarah  Indonesia dibuktikan dari banyaknya penjajah kolonial yang sangat ingin agar Indonesia menjadi tanah jajahan. Mulai dari Spanyol, Portugis, Inggris, Belanda dan Jepang, adalah beberapa bangsa yang sempat menginjakkan kakinya di tanah Indonesia sebagai penjajah, demi  mengeruk keuntungan bagi bangsa mereka sendiri. Pada masa penjajahan, nama Indonesia sangat terkenal sebagai tanah yang banyak memberikan uang, tanah yang dapat memberikan raja mereka makanan, tanah yang dapat membiayai perluasan kekuasan bangsa mereka, tanah yang mampu membiayai peperangan, sebuah tanah maju di timur.

Dalam bingkai penjajahan selama lebih dari 350tahun, bangsa pribumi di Indonesia akhirnya mulai sadar akan pentingnya sebuah kemerdekaan agar tak lagi dapat dimanfaatkan oleh bangsa lain, agar tak lagi dibodohi oleh bangsa lain dan agar dapat membangun kesejahteraan bagi hidupnya sendiri. Akhirnya muncul gerakan revolusi yang menuntut agar Indonesia dapat berdiri menjadi sebuah negara yang merdeka. Melalui persatuan bangsa Indonesia, perjuangan keras dan tumpah darah segenap pahlawan, pada 17 Agustus 1945 akhirnya bangsa Indonesia menjadi sebuah negara merdeka dalam bingkai Pancasila yang diakui oleh dunia internasional. Melalui dinamika kehidupannya Indonesia akhirnya hingga saat ini mampu bertahan dalam menghadapi berbagai macam guncangan yang menerpa. Namun kondisi bangsa Indonesia saat ini sangatlah miris dan memilukan. Bangsa Indonesia kini terlalu manja dengan alam Indonesia yang telah memberikan kenyamanan, bangsa Indonesia kini mulai terlena dengan uang semata, tanpa melalui kerja keras dan usaha. Segala cara akhirnya dilakukan, mulai dari kasus korupsi, kolusi dan nepotisme yang marak terjadi, krisis moral dan bahkan hilangnya jati diri bangsa Indonesia. Pancasila mulai diabaikan. Kesejahteraan hanya berada pada tangan tangan tertentu saja, tidak pada rakyat Indonesia secara keseluruhan. Pemuda pemudi yang seharusnya menjadi sebuah semangat dan optimisme bangsa akhirnya mulai kehilangan kepercayaan terhadap negaranya sendiri, Indonesia.

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Memang tak semua bangsa Indonesia mengalami kemunduran, diantaranya masih ada masyarakat yang yang percaya bahwa bangsanya akan maju, mereka masih tetap bekerja dan terus berupaya menjadikan Indonesia yang lebih baik. Ya, saya masih percaya bahwa sang Garuda akan terbang tinggi dan mampu melindungi rakyatnya, saya percaya bahwa Indonesia akan mampu menjadi sebuah bangsa yang maju dan mensejahterakan rakyatnya, terlebih seperti masa lampau bahwa Indonesia akan mampu menghidupi dunia. Selama ini saya melihat banyaknya bangsa Indonesia yang mulai kehilangan kepercayaan terhadap bangsanya sendiri dan mulai apatis terhadap kondisi bangsa ini, hal ini cukup membuat miris hati saya dan cukup membuat saya bertekad bahwa dalam hidup yang saya jalani ini, saya harus mampu membuat bangsa Indonesia menjadi lebih baik. Saya sangat mensyukuri sekali, saya tinggal dalam sebuah keluarga yang terdiri dari berbagai macam perbedaan, baik agama, suku maupun ras, membuat saya lebih menghargai perbedaan yang ada. Selain itu saya tinggal di sebuah rumah di pulau Jawa yang digunakan sebagai tempat kost, dimana penghuninya selalu berasal dari berbagai macam daerah di Indonesia, baik itu dari Sumatera, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Nusa Tenggara, bahkan Papua. Hal ini mengajarkan saya akan pentingnya nilai toleransi dan saya sangat menyadari bahwa dari perbedaan inilah bangsa Indonesia dapat tetap hidup melalui semboyan “Bhinneka Tunggal Ika”.

Melalui mereka yang berasal dari seluruh wilayah Indonesia inilah saya mengumpulkan informasi bahwa kehidupan bangsa Indonesia diluar pulau Jawa ini masih terjadi ketidaksetaraan, ketidakadilan dan hidup yang masih kurang nyaman. Mereka adalah Kristina Malo dan Maria Marselina, dua pemudi yang berasal dari Nusa Tenggara Timur yang banyak membuka mata saya tentang kondisi di Indonesia bagian timur dimana pengetahuan, teknologi dan pembangunan nya tak sebaik yang ada di pulau Jawa. Bahwa selain itu banyak sekali masyarakat yang kurang beruntung mengalami berbagai macam kendala dalam mengenyak pendidikan. Melalui mereka saya memberikan semangat dalam membangun Indonesia, paling tidak sepulangnya dari tanah Jawa mereka dapat memajukan derah asalnya. Membuka keyakinan mereka bahwa daerah asalnya punya potensi yang besar untuk dapat digali demi kesejahteraan warganya. Melalui kemampuan bahasa Inggris saya yang bisa dikatakan mampu, saya sedikit-sedikit mengajari mereka bahasa Inggris, memotivasi mereka agar menyerap pengetahuan sebanyak mungkin di tanah Jawa agar mereka bisa mendidik banyak orang yang kurang beruntung di Nusa Tenggara Timur. Melalui mereka, saya menemukan sebuah semangat , optimisme dan tujuan bahwa di masa depan saya akan menjadikan daerah diluar Jawa ini terlebih di Indonesia timur agar menjadi lebih maju dan mandiri, membuat masyarakat disana menjadi lebih sejahtera, dapat mendapatkan akses publik yang lebih mudah, mulai dari kesehatan dan pendidikan. Menjadikan daerah Indonesia yang masih dikatakan tertinggal menjadi daerah yang mandiri dan sejahtera, terlebih dengan keindahan alam kepulauan Indonesia yang sangat mempesona saya sangat ingin membagun industri pariwisata ramah lingkungan, dengan segala keaslian budaya dan kondisi alam yang alami. Selain itu saya juga ingin memajukan industri peternakan di Indonesia agar masyarakat bisa lebih sejahtera. Dan yang terpenting saya sekarang sedang berusaha lakukan adalah membangun pemuda pemudi Indonesia dengan optimisme dan keyakinan bahwa Indonesia bagian manapun yang jauh dari ibukota khususnya Indonesia bagian timur tidak berarti lebih tertinggal dari Indonesia bagian barat, dimana Indonesia timur punya potensi yang sangat besar untuk semakin maju dan mandiri dalam sebuah persatuan dan jiwa nasionalisme yang besar terhadap tanah airnya, Tanah Indonesia.

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Selain itu secara keseluruhan di Indonesia, ada banyak sekali masyarakat yang masih kurang memiliki kesadaran dalam mengenyam pendidikan, hal ini juga terjadi pada beberapa orang dalam keluarga besar saya. Dari sini saya mulai meyakinkan mereka akan pentingnya menempuh pendidikan agar dapat bangkit dari keterpurukan dan kemiskinan. Saya membangun sebuah optimisme bahwa tidak ada orang yang bodoh, dimana pintar itu bukan pemberian Tuhan semata namun di dapat dengan usaha keras kita dalam meraihnya. Hal ini memberikan saya semangat untuk belajar lebih giat dan sungguh-sungguh agar kelak nanti saya bisa memajukan pendidikan di Indonesia.

Kondisi bangsa Indonesia memang teridiri dari kemajemukan suku, ras, budaya dan agama yang sangat banyak. Namun selama 67 tahun bangsa Indonesia hidup bersama, nilai persatuan dan toleransi rupanya masih kurang diterapkan dalam kehidupan sehari-hari. Dari sinilah saya berusaha untuk mensosialisasikan nilai-nilai toleransi dan persatuan yang tinggi agar bangsa Indonesia bisa bangkit bersama-sama dan membangun Indonesia secara bersama-sama.

Sebuah masalah lagi dalam Indonesia adalah bangsanya yang suka menjelek-jelekkan dirinya sendiri, mengalami pesismisme, dan selalu membanggakan bangsa lain. Bisa terlihat dari lebih dipilih dan diakuinya seseorang apabila menggunakan barang dari brand luar negeri, padahal ada barang sejenis dengan kualitas yang lebih baik di produksi oleh brand Indonesia. Disini saya mencoba menggugah masyarakat, dimulai dari keluarga dan teman-teman saya, mencoba meyakinkan untuk mengutamakan membeli produk Indonesia dan mencintai segala yang di produksi bangsa Indonesia. Hal ini agar bangsa Indonesia dapat mandiri hidup dari karyanya sendiri dan tidak bergantung pada karya bangsa lain. Dimasa depannya saya ingin menciptakan Indonesia yang tidak hanya mampu menjual bahan mentah saja keluar negeri, namun Indonesia mampu menciptakan produk siap pakai yang kualitasnya diakui dunia internasional. Lagi-lagi optimisme, terhadap karya sendiri adalah hal yang dapat membangun Indonesia yang mandiri.

Dengan kondisi saya yang masih berstatus sebagai pelajar ini, saya menyadari bahwa saya mempunyai keterbatasan dalam berupaya dalam memajukan Indonesia, tapi setidaknya saya dapat menyebarkan semangat optimisme dan keyakinan kepada seluruh pemuda-pemudi di Indonesia bahwa bangsa Indonesia adalah bangsa yang sangat kaya, bangsa yang besar dan bangsa yang disegani bangsa lain, dan menyatukan segenap bangsa Indonesia untuk dapat bersama-sama membangun Indonesia yang lebih maju, sejahtera, adil, aman, damai dan tetap dalam bingkai Negara Kesatuan Republik Indonesia. Mari pemuda dan pemudi Indonesia, kita tunjukkan kemampuan kita agar kita tak lagi ditindas dan dianggap remeh oleh bangsa lain... Dengan keyakinan, optimisme, kerja keras dan do’a, Indonesia pasti bisa!

 Ini aksi kecil dan impianku untuk membangun Indonesia? Kamu bagaimana? 

Aksi Untuk Indonesiaku - Lintas.me 

By the light of lamps

In the dark of night, with the wind blowing very hard.

When everyone thinks. Whether any of that is thinking, which obviously they do not need to grieve. Are you sad because you love this? Or was the problem with your friend? Or a problem with your family? Problems do exist and have always existed, God gave this to us as a means to test you, at least that's what I believe, God gives also an issue especially appropriate limits, will not give an exact beyond our ability. God gave us the test was in order that we can become a better person than before. Remember, in life, there's no way that will escape from the hole, there would be no life running smoothly, smoothly and without a hitch. Whatever is the problem that makes you sad and mope or cry even now, believe me, it will not last forever. Weep if you can tear your calm. Do what you want to spend, if you want to be angry, but ... do not let it ruin your life the dream. Give partition on your personal. Partition that protects the what would you do, sadness, joy, anger and ugliness. Insulation will keep yourself from distractions that might spread to other parts. Too many people today who do not have a partition that and they are now living with the mess. Just need to keep calm to solve each problem, calm and clear. We do not need such thing to be upset our daily meals, troubled only for the weak. But unlike the sadness, grief applies to everyone, in line with the flow of life, but beware you may sink into sadness difficult to rise to the surface. Anyway, there are a thousand things that will make us stay happy when we have a sadness to be felt. If there's excitement that can help us think clearly, why do not we just take it. Feel around us, feel from our hearts, and feel ... how many things can motivate us and give us joy. Do not leave us drowning in sorrow, a lot of motivation and excitement all around us, all those who support us, we need to rise up, because we needed them. They still want us to be able to stand upright with our step, they continue to support us, even though we are not too sensitive to be aware of it, but rest assured, there are many who want you not to be sad.

Rhythm and process

Looks like the night usually, tonight when the clock struck 10.40pm ... I'm here lying on my bed. Trying to hear the sounds of nature and enjoying the beautiful to the senses hearing, the sound of crickets coming from rubbing the wings either in the courtyard outside.

Lately too many things going on, both good and bad events. That's okay because I was still able to lead thanks him until this moment I'm writing.

As usual I follow the flow of time, the flow that has been printed and written the Lord for all his people. I went through all that exists along with the course of time, whether sad, happy or sad, both in taste and in every kekuhanku gratitude. Had I tried to yell as loud as possible on these lines, but it can not change it so what I want, this plot has provisions, which will only change when I try and not change when I can only moan and scream.

Matter how hard we resist the flow, still lives pivot on a groove, now and forever inseparable. Following a rhythm that has been clear we will face, through a joint process flow will go through, achieve an end of achieving happiness later in the future. Until the end we are no longer going to complain that we have will flow through, but we will be proud and happy as we have been able through a groove.

Even nature can follow the plot well. Animals as small as crickets even follow the plot very well, beautiful sound I realize that this is a rhythmic groove that I will go through the process for future happiness ....

I started to walk

I step forward with my legs in the morning, the "sunny morning" I thought to myself. Fog still blanketed the morning air and drops of dew still wet the foliage that are here.

Washed face and brush your teeth, get ready to step my foot out of the house. Once completed, I was out of the house, went to just refresh my mind, mind has now been saturated with the things that I think like murky water that needs to be clarified. I stepped up and inhaled deeply the morning air, the morning air is still heavy because of the water content remains high, but that's what I like, because it was cold and feel comfortable in the nose.

There was, as I got here, in a railroad line, such that at least they used to call it, but now I prefer to call it as scrap metal makeup compact. I trace this path, I follow the flow of scrap metal, and the sound of splashing water because the line is right next to a small river, an irrigation channel. Ah the beauty. After I watched, there was a change to the environment over the last few months ago I visited, the area planted with rice paddy fields should now changed with a high sugar grass think even reach two feet, right side of the road so that the road seemed to have a natural hedge.

Pace is now accompanied by a musical, "Wake up Call" brought Maroon 5 echoing in my ears and in my mind flowing. I brought in the rhythm of the song, I sing slowly according rhythm. "I did not hear what you were saying, I live on raw emotion baby, I answer questions never maybe, And I'm not kind if you betray me, So who the hell are you say we, Never would have made it babe "and I continue to follow the song.

And I came in the next section "Wake up call, Caught you in the morning with another one in my bed, Do not you care about me anymore? Care about me? I do not think so" and did not I go on afterwards. "Oh this song, please also" I thought as a little grin alone.


Ah, this is the end or the beginning, I started thinking about how my life will go in the future. I kept wondering to myself, until my pace up in an old station near my house. "Bonosare" is still clearly seen the writing on the wall proudly emblazoned with the station. Yes, the station is standing here with pharmaceutics, there was indeed a symbol KAI (Indonesian railway enterprise) side of this building. A Netherland-style building which was formerly built by the Netherland to transport crops to the port while still green ground colonize Indonesia approximately 70tahun ago. Station building is still standing strong, since terakhr was used in about the 2000s. It seems obvious difference to the condition before the current station is still used. The place that used to stop trains filled with many people who will queue up the train has now been changed, now filled by shrubs thriving. Navy blue walls started peeling station now replaced moss is starting to grow on the bottom. Still clearly displayed the station name board chairman at one door. Clear and ringing in my head is turned back, when I was little I used to visit this place, only to see the bustle stasiu. And splendor railway Indonesia at that time huge numbers, as part of the prize giving the Soviet Union. Clearly remembered the red train locomotive blue with smoke billowing from it. But now has changed.

Long before I was there, this station served the Netherland nation, the nation that colonized us for about 350years. Seen around the station complex are houses with doors and large windows with a typical architectural style of the Europeans are still standing strong and well maintained, and used by our nation, the Indonesian nation. Should the railway line is still functioning, the line is still needed by the Indonesian people to achieve a better life. But why the line was closed and now abandoned, the composition of its iron rails began to close shrubs began to disappear and not a few citizens were stolen.

Somehow, I was thinking begins to drift, why is it useful to be stopped stride, and now it needs to be present again. Perhaps the first is considered unimportant and ultimately ignored, they do not see the end is very much needed.

I stretch my legs for a while sitting on the edge of the station, I began to answer, maybe something should be discontinued at first because the condition is not possible, although we can see the gap that in the future this will be required, but there will be more important things to do. Although in the end when the conditions are different and turned around, things have been neglected badly needed, but tough on the bright side, we have other ways to move better. God has so many ways the best for his people, so calm down, if we have been praying and trying, even though we got a bad road, believe that one day we will get a good result whatever way we passed correctly.

More beautiful morning, oh rustic atmosphere, this is what I was looking for. The chicken was still at large and a small child running free without fear of him the number of vehicles passing by, obviously, passing just a bike pedal. I started looking for what's been sought me, in my heart I said "I was just a child, but a child who may need the help of someone to stand tall and stand strong, I need a person who can help me, I need another one .... because I was just a little boy here, who live alone and I need someone to lean on "

A lovely afternoon

I think I wrote this when the weather is good enough to enjoy my afternoon. 

Today is Saturday, where I came home earlier than usual, and as usual I also spend time after school, which I ate with friends in the school cafeteria. Weather looks very bright, bright to me, where the sky was covered with clouds and temperatures become cool. Completely restores moodku and I think this is a pretty good day.
I had come home from school when writing this entry, and also was wearing a scout uniform change since I have not been home from school earlier. At least the house is a bit quiet because of my parents and my sister was going for a walk. And I prefer to wrestle in my laptop and try to write something in the living room, with the door open so that I deliberately wind can come in and give freshness. Thankfully, today I went through fine, without any significant problems. It's just that I heard a few people who might scorn it a bit disturbing, or rather made me more interested in the conversation. As usual, it is only dropping scorn of others, and I'm interested in, not to participate dropped, only it gave me an insight into what would make people worse.
I realize that we all are born with no similarities in the nature, I appreciate all the difference at the highest price of what I was going through. Where we differ to complement each other, each other, good or bad, in joy or sadness. Only, the difference should be in line with what is the environment in which we are, to appreciate our own differences. We will be different, but not to arbitrarily in the name of difference. I wish I myself could apply the changes, even on the differences that exist within myself, not sehancur they become damaged due to make up the difference with a mask that is easily damaged. Where it should be ... we are able to complement each other in different ..

"December" in "November"

Long time before my birthday, I always watering the plants that I liked most with a hope that he would blossom beautiful flowers right on my birthday. I know that it would be impossible, prolonged drought and the plant does not grow well in hot weather. Moreover, the plant is called "bunga Desember", which usually bloom in December, not on my birthday is in November.

- 1st November 2012 -

Today is my 17th birthday, 17th birthday where many people always want to celebrate it with a luxury and prestige. Different from mine, I did not pursue the luxury and prestige of the 17, I just want that I'm grateful and enjoyed 17 years of time and the gifts that God has given me. On this day, I just want to be alone with God. I cried, because today I really feel God with me in a special way. God being the only one who gave me the most beautiful gifts this year, a "bunga Desember" blooming right on the 1st of November. How I was amazed when I saw it was a miracle that God gave me. A gift that will not be forgotten. A gift which man would look ridiculous, low, worthless and useless, but the gift it was meant as a gift it is viewed from a process and feelings, especially it is a miracle that God gave me 17 years on the 1st of November 2012, thank god, still Accompany me and protect me at all times ...