The Best Job in the Whole World

What is your descripsion or explanation about ‘best job’? 

Some people may answer that for them ‘best job’ is making money and making life by their hobby, like travelling, cooking, painting, writing, and so on. They look so happy because they don’t seem like working but spending time with things they love almost every time. Their motto is like ‘Doing what you love and love what you’re doing”.

Some people might had an opinion that for them best job is the one who offer them the highest payment, no matter how much time and efforts and resources and things they need to sacrifice. They could be the happy people too, because they collect much money and the money may help themselves or help others. They could build dream house(s), buy dream car(s), take holiday(s) abroad, and doing charity.

Now I am working at IRGSC (Institute of Resource Governance and Social Change), a new think tank in Kupang, as a staff. IRGSC consists of many researchers, people who have big dreams for NTT, people who choose to be volunteer, people who choose to be out of the kink and cruel system.

I love to be around them everyday! They all (not all, but almost all) are a good people. Even good is a relative matter, I do have reasons why I call them good people. Because they are not living for their own self. Instead, they are thinking, caring, and acting for other people too. And I am one of those lucky people. They care about my future and most importantly,  the future of NTT’s people. They don't live for only today. They are group of visioning people that have big dreams for the better NTT. Of course they are working for the dreams

Sometimes I felt like I am too small, not my physical appearance of course :D, but my role in IRGSC. At the beggining I was always wanting to give up. I wanted to quit this job. Yes wisdom words said ‘every beggining is dificult’. I spent day by day to holding on just for one more day. When tommorow comes, I talked to myself : ‘Just stay for this day’. And so the day after tommorow, I did the same. Thats why I’m still here today.

Sometimes too, I was so desperate not because I had a lot things to do, but because I was failed to be and to do what they (the seniors in IRGSC) were expecting me to be and/or to do. But they kept forgive me and started to giving another task to me. Sigh. I am really sorry. Maybe I’m a bad employee.

For them (again, my seniors in IRGSC), I have so many potentials. Hey men, I think I’m not that good (these are the words I want to tell them everyday). But again and again, they believe that I can do so much better. Yeah, even until now the only scope that I’m experting in is sleeping too much. Or even sleep while reading. Bad.

I never realize that I have been working for the best job in the whole world until my Bosses told me this:

“IRGSC is a home for you all. You can go to search another job for maintain your management skill. Make IRGSC as your HOME.”

A simple sentence that made me wanna cry. From that moment I realize that IRGSC is the best fit for me. This is a place where people believe in you, think for your future, really care for you, and set you free. Those are the true love's manifestations (this is true, I am not into drama). And I love my job, I really do. :)

Paralysed

Today I went to the hospital to visited a friend of my Boss that I've never met before.

He had paralysis that was caused by spinal cord injury. The first time I saw him I felt a little bit sad. This suffering turned him to be inactive and made him rely on someone to help him doing his daily activities.

But suddenly my sadness turned into an amazement when I heard that he is still reading some journals and books (my Boss told me that he’s a brilliant guy and he usually writes articles too). Even when he’s lying in the hospital bed, he can still produce article and sent it to the newspaper!

I can see the light of hope in his eyes even when his body is weak. I can feel the optimistic and willingness to share in his weakness. He also has a dream to continue his study.

Then I looked into my own self. I have everything I need to catch my dream. To share what I have to share. No physical boundary. But why sometimes I chose to paralyzed my hope and my dreams. Sometimes I chose to stop believing.

Now, I want to thank you, the wonderful man that I met today, for your spirit that radiates me.

May God gives you more strength and hope and love and compassion :)