Point of View

Point Of View.

A couple years ago, a well educated man from Semarang is on his way to Jakarta using a plane. beside him sit an old lady. the young man greet the old lady, soon after they involve in a friendly chat.

"do you have a particular reason going to Jakarta, ma'am?" ask the young man.

"oh...im going to Jakarta for connecting flight to Singapore, im going to see my second son" answer the old lady.

"wouw...ur second son must doing great" the young man reply and pause for a second.

after contemplating with full of curiousity the young man continue asking.

"if im not mistaken, your son in singapore is ur second son, right maam??
how about ur other children??

"oh yes of course..."
the old lady start to tell her other children:
"my third son is a docter in Malang,
my fourth daughter work in a plantation in Lampung
my fifth son is an architect in Jakarta,
my sixth son is a bank manager in Purwokerto,
my seventh son is a lecturer in Semarang."

the young man is in silence, this lady is marvelous, able to educate her second to her seventh son into a successful person .

"how about ur oldest son?"

with a deep breath, the old lady answer,
"my oldest son is a farmer in Godean Jogja, my child,
"he work on his own rice field that is not very large"

the young man quikly replie," oh, im sorry ma'am...it is like ur a little disappointed with ur oldest son. ur other children is very successful, but ur oldest son is a farmer?"

do u want to know the answer of the old lady....???

she smile and say,

"Oooo not at all my child.........."
on the contrary...im very proud with my oldest son, because he's the one that paid all my son education....

Today's lesson :


Everybody in this world is an important person .

Open your eyes. ..your heart....your mind....your point of view

because we can't make a summary before reading "the book" completely.

The wise person says...The more important thing is not WHO YOU ARE

But WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN DOING