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Wisdom starts with the child’s sense of wonder and astonishment

[Jumat, 11 Okt. 2024]
To Be In Awe – WISDOM from a 96 year old
Host: Reflections of Life (Aug 10, 2024)
https://youtu.be/r-rHc8tm5_c?si=fxdnPumKJTYaTvzD

Teman-teman peneliti belia, menutup perjalanan akademis minggu ini, kita diajak untuk belajar kebijaksanaan hidup dan semangat perpetua discipulo dari grandma Dot Fisher-Smith.

Beliau seorang seniman, fasilitator kelompok, tetua komunitas, aktivis sosial yang gigih memperjuangkan perdamaian dan keadilan, sejak melancarkan protes stop perang Vietnam pada tahun 1967.

Selama 35 tahun terakhir hidupnya, grandma menjadi pembelajar dan praktisi Soto Zen Buddhism.

Grandma mulai menulis jurnal (personal) sejak 1968 dan berpuisi merupakan minatnya sekarang: T.S. Eliot, pujangga kesukaannya.

Saya pribadi merasa tersentuh dengan refleksi grandma yang ini:

I’m happy for whatever I have;
I’m living as fully as I can with what I have.
I want to be a child of wonder and astonishment
We shall not cease from exploration.’
‘And the end of all our exploring’
‘will be to arrive where we started’
‘and to know the place for the first time.

Ketika menonton video pendek ini sampai selesai, separo viewing saja saya sudah meneteskan air mata. Yes, crying, there’s no shame in that.

Saya membayangkan pada umur 95 jalan 96 (dan umur saya baru separuhnya umur grandma Dot Fisher-Smith), beliau terlihat begitu joyful, simple & wise.

I want to be like her, God permits, when reaching that age. Do you?

To all the grandmas in the world, those who already departed, those who suffer and bedridden, and those who still live and breathe. We pay homage and learn from them.

Begin with the End in Mind (from 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey, 2006): that’s why, let us start our conscious journey with the elderly’s wisdom while we’re still young and inexperienced.

By Hendar Putranto

I am a doctorate student in Communication Science, FISIP Universitas Indonesia, starting in 2019. Hope this blog fulfills my studious passion to communicate?

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