My family has this monthly gathering every month, where we pray and recite Al Qur’an together for about one hour. During the recital, my nieces and nephews expectedly run around, shout and laugh – in other words, having the usual good time. Then one of us so called adult would tell them to play somewhere else, away from us.
I wonder what goes on in their mind.
“Hey, what is wrong with you? This is how we always are. How is now different?”
“Why should we be the ones who go away, why not you?”
“Why should we be the ones who keep quiet, why not you?”
“You are saying we are noisy. What about you? At least we are laughing and having a good time. Are you?”
“What is wrong with having a good time?”
“We were here first. We have been playing here for hours. And suddenly you come and tell us to go away?”
And we say they are egocentric. And we say we know better.
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Jadi ingat passage di novel Mahadewa Mahadewi-nya Noriyu. Manusia marah-marah kalau kucing ribut di malam hari. Melempar batu. Mengguyurkan air. Kucing diam saja ketika manusia berisik dan membuat mereka tercekik asap knalpot ... kadang kita tidak sadar kapan tepatnya kita sedang bersikap egois :)
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