It's Just A Box

Just sharing a simple but meaningful experience from my friend. I’ve done a little editing and made the translated version in English.
So here it is… please do enjoy. Happy reading!!





Edited Indonesian version

It’s Just A Box
Oleh Grace Suryani
21 Oktober 2010
Pk. 11:05

Malem tadi ada kejadian yang sederhana tapi mengingatkan gue akan sesuatu. Tadi siang, gue bawain lunch box buat Tepen. Nah ketika dia pulang, udeh sampe halte bus, di telpon dia bilang, “Hun, aduh lunch box nya ketinggalan. Kalo senin baru dibawa pulang oke kan ya?”

Pikiran pertama gue langsung, “OH NO!!!” Kotak plastik makan siang bekas buat makan kagak dicuci selama 4 hari!?!?!? Erh!! Don’t think that’s a good ideaaa. Udeh kebayang, ntar lengketnya gmana en juga... baunya gmana. *Ugh*
Nyaris bilang “Jangaaaann!! Kamu balik lagi ke kantor trus bawa pulang deh. Ntar bau, lengket, kotor ah. Tunggu sampe senin!? Kelamaan lagiiii!!”

Itu kalimat udeh ampir meluncur dari lidah gue, en tepat sebelon gue bilang gitu, ada pikiran yang Tuhan taruh di otak gue, “It’s just a box. Apakah box lebih berharga daripada suamimu yang kelaparan? Is that worthed enough untuk minta dia balik lagi??” EErrrhh.

Well, sekalipun kagak ada ayatnya, I’m quite sure itu Babe yg taruh di hati gue, coz itu sangat bertentangan dengan apa yg tadinya gue pikirkan. :p Akhirnya gue bilang, “Ow ya udah Hun, tinggal aja. It’s just a box.“

Kejadiannya tuh berlangsung cepet sekaliii. Kalo tadi gue ngga peka en suruh Tepen balik, I’ll have a hungry and angry man ketika dia pulang. En itu semua hanya karena semua lunch box?

Oh come on... Konyol banget sihhh...

Mungkin begitu pikiran kita. But, setelah married 10 bulan, gue jadi sadar, banyak pertengkaran itu terjadi karena hal-hal kecil seperti ini. Mungkin yg diributkan bukan karena lunch box, tapi tangki mobil yang (lagi-lagi) lupa diisi, panci discount yang ternyata setelah dibeli kagak bisa dipake, en inti dari semua pertengkaran itu adalah... kita tanpa sadar lebih menghargai barang-barang itu drpd suami kita.
Kita lebih peduli pada dapur yang bersih drpd menghibur suami yang kecapean. Lebih sayang pada lunch box drpd suami.

Oh kita para wanita bisa pake banyak alasan, dari ngga higienis lah sampe biar menghemat, tapi sebenernya pesan yang kita berikan kepada suami kita adalah, “Gue lebih menghargai ini drpd loe... These stuffs are more precious to me than you are...

“Be, thx a lot udeh mengingatkan dan memampukan utk bilang, “Never mind hun, it’s just a box.” And with those words I can show and tell Tepen that he’s indeed more precious than that lunch box.





Translated English Version

It’s Just A Box
By Grace Suryani
on Thursday, October 21, 2010
11:05pm

Last night there was a simple incident but reminded me of something. This noon, I brought a lunch box for Tepen. When he’s on the way home, as he reached the bus stop, he said on the phone, “Hun, I left the lunch box. If I bring it home on Monday is okay ya?”

My first thought immediately, “OH NO!” Plastic box that was used for eating lunch not being washed for 4 days!?!?!? Erh! Don’t think that's a good idea. Imagine, it will be sticky... smelly. * Ugh *
Almost said “Nooooooo!! You return to the office then take home deh. It’ll be smelly, sticky, dirty ah. Wait until monday!?!? Too long laaaaah!”

That sentence almost rolled from my tongue, right before I said it, there is a thought that God puts in my mind, “It’s just a box. Is the box more precious than your starving husband who? Is it worthed enough to have him back again??” Errrhh.

Well, even if there’s no verse about it, I’m quite sure that God put that in my heart, coz it is very contradiction to what I was thinking. :P

Finally I said, “Ow yes Hun, just let it be. It’s just a box.” :) It happened sooooo fast. If I had been insensitive and told Tepen to go back to get it, I’ll have a hungry and angry man when he came home. And it’s all just because of the lunch box!

Oh come on... that’s so silly...

Maybe that’s what we have in our minds. But, after being married for 10 months, I became aware, a lot of fights occur because of little things like this. Probably not because of a lunch box, but forgot (again) to fill the car’s tank, a discounted pot which turns out to be useless after it’s been bought, and the point of all those arguments are... we unconsciously appreciating the stuffs better than our husbands.
We are more concerned with a clean kitchen rather than entertaining a tired husband. We care more about a lunch box rather than our husband.

Oh we, women, could use a lot of reasons, from the hygienic matter until economical savings, but actually the message we give to our husbands is, “I appreciate this more than you... These stuffs are more precious to me than you are...”

Heavenly Father, thx a lot, for reminding me and made me capable to say, “Never mind hun, it’s just a box.” And with those words I can show and tell Tepen that he’s indeed more precious than that lunch box.





About the writer

Grace Suryani is a writer and an author.
Until today, Grace has 4 books being published in public, including Tuhan Masih Menulis Cerita Cinta, 2009 (her latest book). You can get this book at the stores, or buy it online from Gloria Graffa, or other sites BukaBuku.com KadoBuku.com
You can read more about Grace here or here.

Other books:
1. The Puzzle of Teenage Life, Kairos, 2004.
2. The Puzzle of Jomblo Life, Kairos, 2005.
3. Tuhan Mengapa Aku Harus ke China, Gloria Graffa, 2008.