Kuasa Kata: Menyapa

Saya pada awalnya mendesain blog ini sebagai gudang penyimpanan tulisan. Saya kemudian mengalihkan fungsinya sebagai ruang kemanusiaan. Layaknya seorang photografer, saya membingkai berbagai kehidupan manusia dalam beragam frame. Blog ini menawarkan senyuman, tetapi sekaligus air mata kehidupan.
Semoga setiap nama dan peristiwa dalam blog ini menyapa hidup pembaca. Kata yang baik memiliki kuasa untuk menyapa.

Mutiara Andalas, S.J.

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Open Your Hands

How do I open my closed hands?

Certainly not by violence. Not by a compulsive decision. Perhaps you can find a way to prayer int he words of the angel to the frightened shepherds....Don't be afraid of him who wants to enter that space where you live, or to let him see what you are clinging to so anxiously. Don't be afraid to show the clammy coin which will buy so little anyway. don't be afraid to offer you hate, bitterness, disappointment to him who reveals himself as love. Even if you have little to show, don't be afraid to let it be seen. you keep catching yourself wanting to deceive the other by putting on a semblance of beauty, by holding back everything dirty and spoiled, by clearing a little path that looks very proper. but that is compulsive, forced and artificial.
Rev. 1, 12 - 13, 17 - 18
Lenten Action:
Instead of focusing on the faults of others (which may be mirrors of one's one failings), make a humble assessment of you own act of greed, selfishness, and unkindness. Make amends to those you have hurt.


Henry J.M. Nouwen, With Open Hands

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