Shifting

This morning, I cleaned several betta fish aquariums.

The aquarium is very dirty, cloudy, full of food residue, and starting to get slimy.

If left longer, there is a big possibility that the fish will die.

I prepared a container filled with clean water as a temporary place for the fish while the aquarium was cleaned. There is an interesting thing, when I pick up a fish by hand, the fish struggles, runs away, moves, until the water runs out, then the fish can be picked up and moved. Likewise, when they were taken with a net, there was a rebellion, and they ran away. Even though I have no intention of harming, killing, or even wanting these fish to get better, healthier, cleaner water, a more beautiful and clear aquarium life. If the fish knew what it was going to get, it would probably be silent when it was picked up and moved to a new place. But what he did was the opposite, my good intentions were considered attacks, threats and the process of giving good things to the fish took quite a long time which actually put the fish in its own trouble.

Imagine if that happened to us, humans.

How when God creates, gives good things that are much more beautiful, happy, enjoyable, worthy, healthy, clean. Where in the process of moving or cleaning, we actually rebel, get stressed, feel insecure, get busy here and there, even though we just have to keep quiet, obey, follow, and voila we can have a better and better life.

Tadi pagi, aku membersihkan beberapa aquarium ikan cupang.

Aquariumnya sangatlah kotor, keruh, penuh endapan sisa makanan, dan mulai berlendir.

Jika dibiarkan lebih lama, besar kemungkinan untuk ikannya mati. 

Aku siapkan wadah berisi air bersih sebagai tempat sementara ikan saat aquarium dibersihkan.

Ada hal menarik, saat mengambil ikan dengan tangan, ikan berontak, kabur, bergerak, hingga airnya habis, barulah ikannya dapat diambil dan dipindahkan. Begitupun saat di ambil dengan jaring, ada pemberontakan yang dilakukan dan kabur-kaburan. Padahal aku gak ada niat mencelakai, membunuh, bahkan ingin ikan-ikan ini mendapat air yang lebih baik, sehat, bersih, kehidupan aquarium yang lebih indah dan jernih. Seaindainya si ikan tau apa yang akan dia dapat, mungkin ia akan diam manut saat diambil dan dipindah ke tempat baru. Namun yang dilakukannya sebaliknya, niat baikku dianggap serangan, ancaman dan proses memberikan hal baik untuk ikan menjadi cukup lama yang sebenarnya membuat si ikan berada dalam keribetannya dia sendiri.

Bayangkan jika itu terjadi pada kita, manusia.

Bagaimana saat Tuhan menciptakan, memberikan hal baik yang jauh lebih indah, membahagiakan, menyenangkan, layak, sehat, bersih. Dimana dalam proses perpindahaan tersebut atau pembersihannya, kita malah berontak, stress, merasa tak aman, ribet sana ribet sini, padahal tinggal diem aja udah, manut, ikutin, dan voila dapat kehidupan yang lebih baik dan oke.