ANAK BERBAKTI

 

Pada jaman ORBA, ada seorang Aceh dari kabupaten Pidie, menulis surat ke anaknya yang ada dipenjara Nusa Kambangan karena dituduh terlibat GAM (Gerakan Aceh Merdeka). 

Bunyinya : "Hasan, bapakmu ini sudah tua, sekarang sedang musim tanam jagung, dan kamu ditahan di penjara pula, siapa yang mau bantu bapak mencangkul kebun jagung ini?
 
Eh, anaknya membalas surat itu beberapa minggu kemudian. "Demi Tuhan, jangan cangkul itu kebun, saya tanam senjata di sana," kata si anak dalam surat itu. 

Rupanya surat itu disensor pihak rumah tahanan, maka keesokan harinya setelah si bapak terima surat, datang satu peleton tentara dari kota Medan. Tanpa banyak bicara mereka segera ke kebun jagung dan sibuk seharian mencangkul tanah di kebun tersebut. 

Setelah mereka pergi, kembali si bapak tulis surat ke anaknya, 
  "Hasan, setelah bapak terima suratmu, datang satu peleton tentara mencari senjata di kebun jagung kita, namun tanpa hasil. Apa yang harus bapak lakukan sekarang?"
 
Si anak kembali membalas surat tersebut, "Sekarang bapak mulai tanam jagung aja, kan udah dicangkul sama tentara, dan jangan lupa ngucapin terima kasih sama mereka." 

Pihak rumah tahanan yang menyensor surat ini langsung pingsan. 


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An old man lived alone in Minnesota. He wanted to spade his potato garden, but it was very hard work. His only son, who would have helped him, was in prison. The old man wrote a letter to his son and mentioned his situation :

Dear Son,
I am feeling pretty bad because it looks like I won’t be able to plant my potato garden this year. I hate to miss doing the garden because your mother always loved planting time. I’m just getting too old to be digging up a garden plot. If you were here, all my troubles would be over. I know you would dig the plot for me, if you weren’t in prison.
Love,
Dad

Shortly, the old man received this telegram : ‘For Heaven’s sake, Dad, don’t dig up the garden !! That’s where I buried the GUNS !!’

At 4 a.m. the next morning, a dozen FBI agents and local police officers showed up and dug up the entire garden without finding any guns.

Confused, the old man wrote another note to his son telling him what had happened, and asked him what to do next.

His son’s reply was : ‘Go ahead and plant your potatoes, Dad. It’s the best I could do for you, from here.’

 

MORAL : 

NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE IN THE WORLD, IF YOU HAVE DECIDED TO DO SOMETHING DEEP FROM YOUR HEART, YOU CAN DO IT. IT IS THE THOUGHT THAT MATTERS, NOT WHERE YOU ARE OR WHERE THE PERSON IS.... ♥