Dengan alasan bahwa
pidato/kata-kata ini sangat menyentuh
hati dan sangat berguna bukan hanya buat anak muda Amerika saja tetapi all around
the world sebenarnya. Maka saya
menuliskan ulang teks nya dan ingin menyimpannya di sini . Dan sejujurnya video ini membangkitkan
semangat saya sebagai yang tidak muda lagi untuk belajar banyak dari kaum
muda. Di tengah kondisi yang serba
tidak jelas, kemungkinan banyak dan pastinya perubahan sangat cepat sehingga butuh respon cepat juga sehingga
saya sebagai manusia setengah abad benar-benar merasa ingin melihat anak-anak
muda berpacu dan berproses dalam kondisi sekarang ini. Saya yakin anak-anak muda Indonesia bisa
memperlihatkan ketangguhan nya sehingga kita semua bisa melampaui krisis ini
dengan hasil yang baik dan bisa banyak belajar jika hal seperti ini terjadi
kembali. Menggunakan
21st century skills of communication, collaboration, critical thinking, and
creativity kita pasti bisa Aamiin YRA
Thanks Obama for your inspiration for us
This pandemic has fully finnaly
torn back the curtain on the idea that so many of the folks in charge know what
they’re doing. You’re going to have to grow up faster than some generations this pandemic has shaken up the status quo and
laid bare a lot of our country’s deep-seated problems, from massive economic inequality to ongoing
racial disparities to a lack of basic health care for people who need it. It’s woken a lot of young people up to the
fact, the old ways of doing things just don’t work that it doesn’t matter how
much money you can make If everyone around you hungry and sick and that our
society and our democracy only work when
we think not just about ourselves, but about
each other. It’s also pulled the curtain back on another hard truth
, something that we all have to eventually accept once our childhood comes to
and end. All those adults that you used to think were in charge and knew what
they were doing? Turns out that they
don’t have all the answers. A lot
of them aren’t even asking the right questions.
So, if the world’s gonna get better, it’s gonna be up to you. That
realization may be kind of intimidating, but I hope it’s also inspiring. With
all the challenges this country faces right now, no body can tell ya, “No,
you’re too young to understand” or “this is how it’s always been done” because
with so much uncertainty, with everything suddenly up for grabs, this is your
generation’s world to shape. Since I’m one the old guys, I won’t tell you what
to do with this power that rests in your hands.
But I’ll leave you with three quick pieces od advice.
First, don’t be afraid. America’s gone through tough times
before: slavery and civil war, famine, disease, the Great Depression and 9/11.
And each time we came out stronger, usually because a new generation, young
people like you learned from past
mistakes and figured out how to make things better. Second,
do what you think is right. Doing what feels good, what’s convenient,
what’s easy that’s how little kids think. Unfortunately, a lot of so-called
grown-ups, including some with fancy titles and important jobs, still think
that way. Which is why things are so
screwed up. I hope that instead, you decide to ground yourself in values that
last, like honesty, hard work, responsibility, fairness, generosity, respect
for others. You won’t get it right every
time, you’ll make mistakes like we all do.
But if you listen to the truth that’s inside yourself, even when it’s
hard, even when it’s inconvenient, people will notice. They’ll gravitate towards you. And you’ll be part of the solution
instead of part of problem. And finally, build a community. No one
does big things by themselves. Right now, when people are scared, it’s easy to
be cynical and say, let me just look out for myself, or my family, or people
who look or think or pray like me. But if we’re going to get through these
difficult times, if we’re gonna create a world where everybody has opportunity
to finf a job and afford college, if we’re gonna save the environment and
defeat future pandemic, then we’re gonna have to do it together. So be alive to
one another’s struggles. Stand up for one another’s rights. Leave behind all
the old ways of thinking that divide us sexism, racial prejudice, status, greed
and set the world on a different path.
Di tuliskan kembali oleh Tini
Martini Tapran
Ketua Yayasan Generasi Semangat
Selalu Ikhlas (GSSI)
