Salam guys,
This morning, I’ve decided that I want to talk about minimalism until end of August 2024, inshaAllah. And then, that’s that… (more on that later)
So, today’s topic is about making decision.
Apa yang you decide you nak buat?
Apa yang you nak capai?
Last week, I talked about A Fresh Start: Live With Purpose.
But I didn’t share with you, gapo dio ‘purpose’ ni boh?
“Everyone has been made for some particular work, and the desire for that work has been put in every heart.” - Rumi
See people, before I go further into ‘purpose’ thingy, I nak share tentang Tailor Swift. Yeah, that girl.
I don’t want to explain about Tailor Swift, sebab I sendiri pun tak berapa kenal, bukan jiran sebelah rumah, plus I don’t really listen to music nowadays.
But, Tailor Swift got me into thinking.
Konsert dia, telah pun boost economy sesebuah kawasan. Contoh, local tourisms industry di Los Angeles, masih belum recover daripada effect pandemic, tapi bila Tailor Swift buat konsert, tiba-tiba boom, orang book hotel sebab nak pergi konsert dia.
Itu just concert.
Sebelum ni, lagu-lagu dia, people from every country boleh dengar dekat Spotify, boleh tengok dekat YouTube; in short, impak dia sangat besar. Dia boleh ‘touch’ people from her songs.
Ok enough about Tailor Swift.
Looking at her impact, I got into thinking, “Apa benda yang kita boleh buat, yang boleh bagi impact dekat ramai orang?”
I know you might say, “Dia boleh laa, dia artis…”
But, hello people, wake up!
There’s a reason kenapa kita diciptakan atas muka bumi ini. Bukan saja-saja. Bukan sekadar pergi sekolah, masuk uni, kerja, kahwin, beli rumah, beli kereta. Then kerja untuk 30 tahun untuk habis bayar rumah.
Is that it?
I was listening to this ceramah, Ustaz tu cakap, kahwin, beli rumah, beli kereta, itu umpama, persinggahan. Macam kita travel, kita singgah R&R.
That’s not the main goal in our life.
Hidup kita umpama ada destinasi kita nak tuju.
But along the way, siapa yang kita nak pick up, and bring them to a better place?
Think of it this way, kalau kita bawa kereta, could be kita boleh bawa family kita saja.
Bawa bas, boleh bawa dalam 40 orang.
Bawa flight, boleh bawa lagi ramai.
Sama tak mentaliti orang bawa kereta, dengan mentaliti orang bawa flight?
Tanggungjawab lagi besar.
Sebab tu uncle kepada Spiderman pesan,
With great power, comes great responsibility.
The question is, do you want to play small, or do you want to play big?
I do want to talk more about this, but, there’s a limitation on words that can appear in your email; so let’s cut it short.
Before I end, I want to share with you some ideas for you to think further.
Contoh:
Ada orang jual tudung. Berapa ramai yang dapat manfaat tutup aurat.
Ada orang, kepakaran dia memasak. Berapa ramai yang tak sempat masak dapat order. And kalau dia buat restoran, berapa ribu orang dapat singgah.
Ada orang, menulis di social media untuk kongsi manfaat. Or buat video. Just share apa yang dia tahu.
Ada orang, buat phone apps. People around the world boleh guna.
Ada orang, buat gratitude journal misalnya. Berapa ramai orang boleh order and start menulis tentang kesyukuran.
Ada orang, ajar tentang saham (Haji Asri, always my favorite example) - berapa ramai orang dia dah bantu untuk improve kewangan?
Ada orang, dia tulis buku. Power up dengan marketing, ramai lagi yang dapat baca.
So yeah, Tailor Swift got me into thinking, “Apa benda yang kita boleh buat, yang impak dia, ramai orang dapat?”
Perhaps, you don’t like that I talk about Tailor Swift, but who cares…
Anyway, the list above hanyalah 'ideas’ external.
Jawapan yang you nak, it’s inside you.
Start scrolling dalam diri: what is your strength, apa struggle you pernah hadapi yang you dah solve and sekarang you nak bantu orang.
All of us, we all have a treasure inside, yang boleh diberi manfaat pada orang ramai.
But, kita terhalang dari melihat ‘treasure’ itu, sebab the world outside is ‘too noisy’. We keep scrolling tengok life orang lain.
Kita nampak rumput orang lain hijau, cantik. Rumput kita kuning, sebab kita tak jaga. Kita duk tengok apa orang lain ada.
I hope that you can start ‘searching inside’, and make a decision.
Once you have made that decision, faiza ‘azamta, fatawakkal ‘ala Allah. Made that decision, put your trust in Allah, and He will guide you the way.
And then, put effort based on the guidance.
Alright guys, thanks for reading.
Talk to you again next week inshaAllah.
As usual, feel free to hit reply and let me know what you think or if you have any questions I can answer.
Love you guys, as always.
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