Forms of wealth

So I really want to write about this. But I’m not sure I can explain it well. Hahaha...I may have to rewrite it at some point. 

So, my friend and I talked about this a few days ago.

That fortune and wealth is not always something that you own. It can be in many forms. It is not always following a ‘standard’, it is not only when we can buy something, or when we have a lot of money. In fact, it is in many forms in our life. 

(I don't know the exact English word for 'rezeki'..anyway)

It could be something that you could use, you’ve encountered, and many more...

At first, my friend mentioned the fact that when I was in my last months in the Netherlands, I could use a friend's house while she was doing her project in another country. Her house was in the city center, really close to my favorite cafe. It was a really nice place on the top floor and I got to stay for free just taking care of the house well.

I was given blessings through something that I do not need to own.

Other examples are, a lot of home assistants here can live in a really good house while the owner of the house is busy somewhere else. But we will say something like ‘but they are working there, they can’t really enjoy it’. But the fact that they can live there is already a blessing and form of wealth. 

Or the driver that can drive a cool car while taking the owner around. That is also a form of wealth. I went to an audio company before, and their design team really carefully design the audio in the car and work on it to make the best experience, and guess what? They prioritize the driver's seat to get the best music experience while driving. 

It is somehow also related to the story that when a person is young, he is working hard and can not really enjoy his hard-earned money, but then when he is old and he has everything, he can’t fully enjoy it because he’s sick. This means that even if you own something, you may not be able to enjoy them. 

We often also feel the blessings and wealth when we can use something but sometimes we will say something like 'but it's not mine', ‘but I do not own it’, and suddenly we feel that it was not a fortune for us, or not ‘enough blessing’.

Weirdly, the status of ownership can change how we feel towards something. When actually ownership doesn’t mean so much, or you can’t even enjoy it sometimes. Also, houses can get burned, cars can be broken, things can get lost, etc. 

It doesn't have to be something that we own to be called blessings or wealth. It's also the ability to use and do something while we can. Uhm, I think it is related to gratitude. As long as we feel grateful for something useful for us at the moment, it should be enough.

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Mungkin kurang bisa menjelaskan kalau gak pakai bahasa Indonesia, haha.

Jadi beberapa hari lalu pas lagi cerita-cerita sama temen, dia bilang kalau rezeki tuh bisa dalam berbagai macam bentuk. Gak terpatok sama satu standar aja, misalnya kayak kalo punya uang banyak baru berasa dikasih rezeki, atau kalau bisa beli sesuatu itu rezeki, dan lain lain. 

Iya sih esensinya mah kita paham lah ya, cuman pas ngebahas tuh jadi kayak lebih sadar aja gitu.

Jadi ceritanya (ngulang cerita di atas) pas dulu beberapa bulan terakhir di Belanda, gw tinggal di rumah temen yang waktu itu dia lagi butuh ke negara lain untuk selesein project kelulusannya. FYI itu rumahnya di city center, di atas kafe yang super favorit, pokoknya lokasi strategis di iklan-iklan properti gitu kalah deh sama ini. Terus rumahnya juga cakep banget di lantai tiga gitu jadi kena cahaya matahari yang indah, ya udah kebayanglah itu biaya rent nya berapa, kira-kira 5 kali lipat dari biaya rent dorm gw yang awal hahaha. Terus ya udah karena temen gw itu juga dibayarin sama companynya, jadi dia gak memungut biaya apapun untuk gw tinggal disitu.

Nah jadi kan itu bener-bener rezeki yak kalo buat gw waktu itu, nah temen gw yang cerita-cerita tadi ngasih contoh lagi kayak penjaga kosannya juga gitu, banyak lah case orang yang bisa malah dapet tinggal di rumah dengan bekerja disitu misalnya. Kalo defaultnya kan kita suka mikir..’ya tapi kan dia kerja disitu, kagak punya sendiri, jd tetep gak enaklah’ padahal ya orangnya bisa tinggal disitu dengan nyaman anyway, kalau mengabaikan status kepemilikan. 

Terus juga kayak misalnya supir yang bisa mengendarai mobil-mobil bagus kemana-mana untuk anterin pemilik mobilnya. Padahal pas gw ke kantor Harman Kardon, tim desain and engineernya tuh kayak bahkan ngeset banget gimana supaya experience driving dan mendengarkan music di mobil itu semantep mungkin, dan biasanya yang diutamakan itu ya dari posisi front seat bagian driver. Jadi kan kalo disupirin ya malah yang dapet full experiencenya si supirnya kaaan, betapa itu sebuah rezeki. 

Ya agak berhunganlah sama kasus orang yang kerja keras cari uang pas muda, gak bisa nikmatin hasil kerja kerasnya, terus pas dia udah punya semuanya, eh dia udah tua terus udah gak maksimal menikmati hasil kerjanya. Jadi kayak, punya pun belum tentu bisa menikmati.

Orang yang punya, belum tentu bisa menikmati. Jadi selama kita bisa menikmati, kenapa kita harus terganjal sama perasaan cuma karena status kepemilikan?

Jadi yang penting bersyukur aja sama apa yang diberikan, dan jangan sampe cara kita hidup dan menikmati suatu momen itu terganjal cuma karena status kepemilikan. Rezeki bentuknya bisa bermacam-macam.