HIKMAH AYAH PEKERJA KERAS

Alkisah seorg pria bekerja sbg pengantar roti utk menghidupi istri dan 3 anaknya. Sore setelah pulang kerja, pria ini sekolah lagi agar bisa mendapatkan pekerjaan yang gajinya lebih baik. Si ayah jarang makan bersama dan kumpul dengan keluarganya kecuali hari Minggu. Ia bekerja dan belajar sangat keras krn ingin memberikan yang terbaik utk keluarganya.

Setiap kali keluarganya mengeluh dia tidak memberi cukup waktu untuk mereka. Ayah menjelaskan, ia melakukan semua ini demi mereka. Padahal sebenarnya dia sangat ingin bercengkerama dengan keluarganya.

Masa ujian tiba. Si ayah berhasil lulus dengan nilai terbaik. Segera sesudah itu ia mendapatkan tawaran pekerjaan yang lebih baik, sbg SUPERVISOR SENIOR dengan bayaran jauh lebih tinggi dibanding sebelumnya.

Impian jadi kenyataan. Ayah kini bisa memberikan kehidupan yang sedikit lebih mewah kpd keluarganya. mulai dari pakaian bagus, makanan baik dan berlibur ke luar negeri. Kendati pun begitu, keluarga tetap tak bisa sering bertemu Ayah. Ia terus bekerja sangat keras agar dipromosikan ke posisi manager. Untuk membuat dirinya lebih baik dibanding calon untuk promosi, Ayah mendaftar kursus di Universitas.

Keluarganya kembali mengeluh, Ayah tdk memberikan cukup waktu untuk mereka. Dan Ayah menjelaskan alasan yang sama, ia melakukan ini untuk mereka semua. padahal dia juga ingin punya waktu untuk bersama keluarganya.

Kerja keras Ayah mendatangkan hasil, ia dipromosikan . Gajinya meningkat. Ayah memutuskan mempekerjakan pembantu untuk meringankan tugas istrinya. Ia juga merasa apartemennya yang 3 kamar sudah tidak cukup besar. Ia ingin keluarganya menikmati fasilitas dan kenyamanan kondominium.

Dari pengalaman sebelumnya, Ayah bertekad melanjutkan studi dan berusaha agar dipromosikan lagi. Keluarganya tetap tak bisa sering bertemu dengannya. Pada kenyataannya, di hari Minggu pun, mereka tak bisa bertemu Ayah krn pergi menemui relasi dan klien. Keluarga kembali mengeluh dan Ayah tetap menjelaskan dgn jawaban yg sama.

Kerja keras Ayah kembali mendatangkan hasil. Ia dipromosikan ke jabatan yg lebih tinggi. Ayah lalu memberi kondominium indah dengan pemandangan laut. Pada malam hari Minggu pertama di rumah baru mereka, Ayah mengumumkan kepada keluarganya, dia memutuskan tidak kursus lagi atau mengejar promosi lainnya lagi. Mulai dari sekarang, dia akan memberikan lebih banyak waktu untuk keluarganya. Ayah tidak bangun lagi keesokannya.

MORAL CERITA :

kerja keras itu baik. Tapi perlu diingat,segala sesuatu yang berlebihan itu tidak baik. Untuk apa kerja keras jika tak bisa menikmatinya.

Kerja untuk hidup, bukan hidup untuk KERJA .

Luangkanlah waktu untuk diri sendiri, keluarga dan teman-teman.

Prioritaskan orang-orang yang dicinta. 

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Father was a hardworking man who delivered bread as a living to support his wife and three children. He spent all his evenings after work attending classes, hoping to improve himself so that he could one day find a better paying job. Except for Sundays, Father hardly ate a meal together with his family. He worked and studied very hard because he wanted to provide his family with the best money could buy.

Whenever the family complained that he was not spending enough time with them, he reasoned that he was doing all this for them. But he often yearned to spend more time with his family.

The day came when the examination results were announced. To his joy, Father passed, and with distinctions too! Soon after, he was offered a good job as a senior supervisor which paid handsomely.

Like a dream come true, Father could now afford to provide his family with life’s little luxuries like nice clothing, fine food and vacation abroad.

However, the family still did not get to see father for most of the week. He continued to work very hard, hoping to be promoted to the position of manager. In fact, to make himself a worthily candidate for the promotion, he enrolled for another course in the open university.

Again, whenever the family complained that he was not spending enough time with them, he reasoned that he was doing all this for them. But he often yearned to spend more time with his family.

Father’s hard work paid off and he was promoted. Jubilantly, he decided to hire a maid to relieve his wife from her domestic tasks. He also felt that their three-room flat was no longer big enough, it would be nice for his family to be able to enjoy the facilities and comfort of a condominium. Having experienced the rewards of his hard work many times before, Father resolved to further his studies and work at being promoted again. The family still did not get to see much of him. In fact, sometimes Father had to work on Sundays entertaining clients. Again, whenever the family complained that he was not spending enough time with them, he reasoned that he was doing all this for them. But he often yearned to spend more time with his family.

As expected, Father’s hard work paid off again and he bought a beautiful condominium overlooking the coast of Singapore. On the first Sunday evening at their new home, Father declared to his family that he decided not to take anymore courses or pursue any more promotions. From then on he was going to devote more time to his family.

"Father did not wake up the next day.'