A Thought, I had with my wife

Once, I told my wife about my experience buying our weekly needs in a traditional market, in Ciracas, east of Jakarta. 

“Do you remember, the lady who sells vegetables that we normally buy? Do you remember the woman on the left, who sells coconut and jack fruit?” I commenced the conversation.

My wife answered that she recall the person and situation.

I started to tell her, that at the time, I ordered a half of coconut to that lady, and  at the same time, she called her son with these kind of telephonic conversation.

 “Have you eaten my son?... Do not go anywhere, yeah, don’t leave your bed!"

"Has your body temperature going down? Go ask your brother to measure your temperature, okay!” At the same time, that woman kept doing her activities to fulfill my request.

“What? What did you say my child? A toy you said?” 

That woman paused a bit and then hesitatingly answered, ”later on yeah boy! After we got a lot of money!”. 

It seemed that the son asked a toy to compensate on sickness he is having at the time.

"I kind of remember and have a thought on these conversation after. I understand that every people has their own burden in life” I talked to my wife. And it must not be easy to that woman, fighting her life for her kids. Not to mention problems she may have considering her life partner, concerning we've never noticed that her life partner is around.

My wife nodded agreeing with what I said, and she said “ I read a saying from someone, I forget the name, saying “If we are able to see the problem bucket of other people, then I believe that we’ll be grateful with our own bucket, our bucket of problem must look so much lighter than others.”

I took time to digest what my wife said, then I said, "I understand the way that man said it, but actually, the logic and mathematical sense of it don’t work on that virtue". 

“If every one can see their and other buckets of problems, and each of them recalled that their bucket is easier and lighter, then it will be impossible to put it in a mathematical equation.” 

My wife quickly bothered, yet she tried to understand my point of view, perhaps in purpose of not to extend the debate.. :D

If I said that my problem bucket is lighter that my wife’s, and so does my wife acknowledged, who will be righteous then?


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