My brother, just now I was invited to be speaker in masjid Nurul Huda,
Prupuh, Panceng, Gresik, East Java, Indonesia. The inviter is commitee of Remas
(masjid teenager) there. I told about about “The Amazing of Youth”.
In this oppurtinity, I will tell what I have told in that program. May be,
the reader can take advantage from this. :)
Youth or teenager have amazing thing in theirselves. Soekarno, first
president of Indonesia ever told, “give me 10 youths I will shake the world”.
He didn’t say old man, but young man. Why? Because a youth has power, spirit, brilliant idea,
etc that old man don’t have it.
If we read history, we will find that many youths have amazing achievement
eventhough their age still young. Usamah bin Zaid was believed by Rasulullah to
be leader in war. His age was only 19 years. Imam Nawawi can wrote amazing book
like “Riyadus shalihin” or “Arba’in
Nawawi” when he was young, Imam Syafi’i became ‘mufti’ when he was 15 years
old, etc. So, many young man proved that they can create something amazing
eventhough they were still young.
Hm...my brother, actually still many things that I told but I want to
resume it. The last thing that I delivered to audience is Ali bin Abi Thalib
saying. He said, “laisal fataa man yaquulu hadzaa abii. Walakinnal fataa man
yaquulu haa anaa dza”. A real youths is
not someone who say, this is my father. But the real youth is who say,
this is me”.
So, as youth, we should maximilize our time and oppurtinity. We develop our
capibilty. We make it progress. And then, we should make achievement. Our own
achievement, Not our father, mother, or our friend achievement. Okey??? :)
Panceng, Gresik, may 24, 2014
