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Saya kemarin baru dapat cerita bagus tentang semangat hidup dari teman saya
dan saya ingin membaginya dengan anda semua. Barangkali bisa memperbanyak
khasanah tentang hidup bagi kita dan bisa kita teruskan ke anak-anak kita.
Wassalam,
Bapaknya Jodie
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Frans S Silaen (EID) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Tuesday, June 06, 2000 5:26 PM
> Subject: [nhkbp-menteng] FW: Loving Memory of Rose
> >> Recommended to read...
> >> ========
> >> The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged
> us
> >> to get to know someone we didn't already know. I stood up to look
around
> >> when a gentle hand touched my shoulder. I turned around to find a
> >> wrinkled, little old lady beaming up at me with a smile that lit up her
> >> entire being.
> >>
> >> She said, "Hi handsome. My name is Rose. I'm eighty-seven years old.
Can
> >> I give you a hug?" I laughed and enthusiastically responded,"Of course
> you
> >> may!" and she gave me a giant squeeze.
> >>
> >> "Why are you in college at such a young, innocent age?" I asked.
> >>
> >> She jokingly replied, "I'm here to meet a rich husband, get married,
> >> have a couple of children, and then retire and travel."
> >>
> >> "No seriously," I asked. I was curious what may have motivated her to
be
> >> taking on this challenge at her age.
> >>
> >> "I always dreamed of having a college education and now I'm getting
> one!"
> >> she told me.
> >>
> >> After class we walked to the student union building and shared a
> >> chocolate milkshake.
> >> We became instant friends. Every day for the next three months we would
> >> leave class together and talk nonstop. I was always mesmerized
listening
> >> to this "time machine" as she shared her wisdom and experience with me.
> >>
> >> Over the course of the year, Rose became a campus icon and she easily
> made
> >> friends wherever she went. She loved to dress up and she reveled in the
> >> attention bestowed upon her from the other students. She was living it
> up.
> >>
> >> At the end of the semester we invited Rose to speak at our football
> >> banquet. I'll never forget
> >> what she taught us. She was introduced and stepped up to the podium.
As
> >> she began to deliver her prepared speech,she dropped her three by five
> >> cards on the floor.
> >>
> >> Frustrated and a little embarrassed she leaned into the microphone and
> >> simply said "I'm sorry I'm so jittery. I gave up beer for Lent and this
> >> whiskey is killing me! I'll never get my speech back in order so let me
> >> just tell you what I know."
> >>
> >> As we laughed she cleared her throat and began: "We do not stop
playing
> >> because we are old;
> >> we grow old because we stop playing. There are only four secrets to
> >> staying young, being happy, and achieving success. You have to laugh
and
> >> find humor every day. You've got to have a dream.
> >> When you lose your dreams, you die. We have so many people walking
around
> >> who are dead and don't even know it!"
> >>
> >> "There is a huge difference between growing older and growing up. If
you
> >> are nineteen years old and lie in bed for one full year and don't do
one
> >> productive thing, you will turn twenty years old. If I am eighty-seven
> >> years old and stay in bed for a year and never do anything I will turn
> >> eighty-eight. Anybody can grow older. That doesn't take any talent or
> >> ability.
> >> The idea is to grow up by always finding the opportunity in change."
> >>
> >> "Have no regrets.The elderly usually don't have regrets for what we
did,
> >> but rather for things we did not do. The only people who fear death are
> >> those with regrets."
> >>
> >> She concluded her speech by courageously singing "The Rose."
> >>
> >> She challenged each of us to study the lyrics and live them out in our
> >> daily lives.
> >>
> >> At the years end Rose finished the college degree she had begun all
those
> >> years ago. One week after graduation Rose died peacefully in her
sleep.
> >>
> >> Over two thousand college students attended her funeral in tribute to
the
> >> wonderful woman who taught by example that it's never too late to be
all
> >> you can possibly be.
> >>
> >> If you read this, please send this peaceful word of advice to your
> friends
> >> and family, they'll really enjoy it! We send these words in loving
> memory
> >> of ROSE
> >>
> >> Remember,
> >> GROWING OLDER IS MANDATORY,
> >> GROWING UP IS OPTIONAL.
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