Footprints Theory

Pandawa Beach June 2015 - taken by samsung note

Some say that if we look at the picture of a landscape or beautiful place, it is not as beautiful as if we ourselves were there. Maybe it was pleasant for our eyes but remains incomplete if we do not feel the breeze, difficult journey to reach it, smell the fragrance of flowers around, or in other words it is not complete if we do not set our foot there.

Footprints - Pandawa Beach - also taken by samsung note

Our presence somewhere gives more meaning than just hear or leave a message. It is simply often we experience that we are more happy if our friend is present in our wedding celebration invitation than simply entrust congratulations. Hence we understand that in the Javanese culture, there is a saying ‘mangan ora mangan sing penting ngumpul’. The presence is more important than food. Footprints are meaningful. We feel that something wrong in our family when the members rarely meet. Especially in modern times (or anyone name it the post-modern era), many are saying that is practically enough if send a greeting via whatsapp or ask somebody just by phone. Is this correct? Our parents are happier if we come to visit their home rather than just asking for news through social media. Online learning is often considered weighs less than a lecture in class?  Also communication by face to face directly gives us more meaning than just through a piece of paper - memo.

Ehm .. so footprints talks more .. I would like to bring this idea to the greater things in life. Often we feel that other people's lives more interesting than our life. Our neighbor’s grass is always greener. The apple in the garden next door, redder than me. Such things make us not wholeheartedly in living. Always compare and do not feel satisfied. We like to imagine or fantasize yourself in the position of others who are more fortunate. I like to be a Cinderella with her handsome prince. I would like to be a rich man who live in a big castle surrounded by the beautiful garden. If we do this, then there is no footprints of yours. All is in your fantasy with the ungrateful heart.

Sound exhausted? Indeed ..