Bermimpilah

Bismillah..

We just had our Ambition Day...or it's Ambition week to be precise.

I stood there infront of the morning assembly and remembered this.... 

Pernah sekali, ketika Saidina Umar dan sahabat-sahabat sedang duduk di dalam sebuah bilik, Saidina Umar bertanya, "Bermimpilah!".

Salah seorang sahabat berkata, "Aku impikan bilik ini dipenuhi dengan harta yang banyak, jadi aku boleh sedekahkannya ke jalan Allah."

Kemudian Saidina Umar berkata lagi, "Bermimpilah!"

Kemudian, seorang lagi sahabat berkata, "Aku impikan bilik ini dipenuhi dengan emas dan permata, jadi aku boleh sedekahkannya ke jalan Allah."

Saidina Umar berkata lagi, "Bermimpilah!"

Sahabat berkata, "Whaia Amirul Mukminin, kami tak tahu apa yang ingin diimpikan lagi. Engkau mahukan bilik ini dipenuhi dengan apa?"

Saidina Umar menjawab, "Aku impikan rumah ini dipenuhi dengan ‘rijal-rijal’ seperti Muaz b. Jabal, Abu Ubaidah Al-Jarrah, Salim hamba Huzaifah untuk aku gunakan mereka untuk menegakkan kalimah Allah, supaya aku boleh hantar mereka ke jalan Allah”

...so I asked them to dream.

Dream, young one.

while you may hope for all the riches in the world, or the most delicious deserts to enjoy

they disappeared as soon

but to uphold your ambition in being useful to other people, to give benefit, protect and care for others...

if a room is filled with that type of people

wouldn't the world be a better place?

my dream?

I had a different dream when I was younger; architect, writer

I couldn't imagine being in the position I tried to avoid during childhood

to be a teacher

endless marking of paper

while my father did create an environment that made me enjoy learning...I didn't see myself in that profession

during TP, I sat down, completely depressed at the thought of being stuck as a teacher for thirty to forty years

though, this afternoon, when I saw a physically impaired young man stood there

accounting his life born of no arms, nurtured by people who never stop believing him, and now, he stood there as one of them (a teacher)

heart stuck in my throat

I wanted to say to him....

"young man, if I've been your teacher, I'd have said this. I'm proud. I'm very proud of you."

...and I remembered why I'm here. as if it has only been yesterday...the young boy who said that proud 'ada!'

My life altered just as I hoped his would too.

I want to be able to see you grow up and say those words. "I'm proud of you."

dream, young one. Dream high.

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