AS A BAMBOO

A beautiful piece of bamboo grows in a farmer's yard, this bamboo stem grows tall towering among other bamboo stems, one day the farmer who owned the bamboo pohan came. He said to the bamboo stick: O bamboo, would you use me to be a very useful drain pipe for irrigating my rice fields? "The bamboo stem answered," Oh sure I want it to be useful to you sir, but tell me what you will do to make me being the drain pipe "The farmer replied," First, I will cut you down to separate you from your beautiful family, then I will throw away your branches which can hurt the person who holds you, after that I will divide you according to my needs , finally I will throw the barriers that are in your trunk so that the water can flow smoothly ".

" When I finish with My work, you will become a pipe that will drain water to irrigate the fields so that the planted rice can thrive. "

Hearing this, the old bamboo stick was silent, then he said to the farmer, "Sir, of course I will feel very sick when you cut me down, it will also hurt when you throw away my branches, even more pain when you divide my beautiful shells this and must have been unbearable when you rummaged through the inside of my body to get rid of the barriers of the barrier ".

"Will I be strong through all the processes, sir?" The farmer answered, "O bamboo, you must be strong through all of this because I chose you precisely because you are the strongest of all the stems in this family, so be glad". Finally the bamboo stick gave up, "All right, sir, I want to be more useful than the other bamboo sticks, here I am, cut me down, do it according to what you want."

After the farmer finishes the work, the beautiful bamboo stems that used to be the only decorator of the farmer's yard, have now turned into water pipes that irrigate the fields so that rice can flourish and bear fruit. Have we ever thought that with responsibility and problems laden, maybe God is processing us to be beautiful before Him? Just like the bamboo stick, we are being forged.

But don't worry we must be strong because God will not give a burden that we cannot bear, so will we surrender to God's will, let Him freely work within us to make us useful tools for Him? Like the bamboo stick, let's say, "Here I am, God do what you want."

POOR IS HAPPY AND HAPPYIS RICH

On a Mexican beach, in a fishing hamlet, one day before lunchtime a tourist from America watched the fishermen go home and lower their fish catches. The fishermen then get ready to go home. 

Then the American tourist asked one of the fishermen, "Oh sir, if you don't mind, may I ask what you did?" The fisherman replied, "Sir, I just came home from fishing. I am happy because today's fish catches can pay for our living needs, so I will now go home and have lunch with my wife, after lunch I will take a nap and in the afternoon later I will play with my children, then in the evening after dinner, maybe I will go to the shop, play guitar and have a relaxing drink with some friends, it is really nice "The American tourist then said," Sir, if you don't mind I want to give a little advice, I am a teaching professor of business courses at a famous university in America, I am currently on vacation, I want to give advice to help you.

What if you go to sea again after lunch later? Then you can catch fish that is twice the amount normally. You can get more money with that money in a few months. You can pay employees and add another boat, so that the number of fish you catch becomes four fold, in this way in 5 or 6 years. You can become a big owner of fleet owners. dozens of fishing boats.

After that you can move your company office to a big city and expand your business to other fields of business. As a Director of a large company, you can take a large salary, then register your company on the stock market and go public. capture more capital, then you buy back your shares so that the price goes up so that later you can sell all your shares at a higher price, after that you can retire comfortably, within fifty years you will definitely retire as a billionaire rich, I guarantee that because I am a professor of courses and very familiar with this matter "The Mexican fisherman listened very carefully and with respect. 

At the end of the professor's presentation, he then asked," But sir, what will I do with a lot of money later? "

American professor was stunned for a while, strangely this professor had never thought of his business plan so far.

The only thing that comes to mind is how to make more money, but it never occurred to him what the money would be used for.

The professor then replied, "With that money you can retire later. Maybe you can vacation in a quiet and comfortable fishing village, like this village for example, you can buy a small boat and go fishing for fun in the morning and go home in the afternoon day for lunch with your wife.

Then you can take a nap and laze around or play with the kids, the evening you are free to go to a stall and have fun with your friends "The fisherman replied" But sir, isn't that all as I have done now? "

The professor then fell silent and lost his words.

Often that happens. many people want to be rich so that they can live like poor people, so money and wealth are not a measure of happiness, happiness is in the heart not how much we have money.