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Before You Say, Listen and Think

Hal yang menarik sebenarnya dapat dijumpai dimana saja, kapan saja, dan melalui apa saja. Lalu tiba-tiba saya menemukan sebuah pesan singkat yang apik. Menurut saya pesan ini patut disampaikan ulang minimal pada diri sendiri sebagai pengingat yang baik, begitu pun untuk orang-orang terdekat. Berikut ini kutipannya:
Before you assume, learn. Before you judge, understand. Before you hurt, feel. Before you say, think.

Ada banyak pertimbangan sebelum saya (dan kita semua) melakukan suatu tindakan. Tujuannya tentu tidak untuk menyenangkan orang lain. Secara pribadi, ini adalah salah satu bentuk mencintai, mencintai diri maupun di luar diri kita.

Saya ingin menambahkan sedikit pada kalimat terakhir menjadi "Before you say, listen and think." Jelas ini menambah tugas. Tapi seyogyanya mendengarkan bukan saja berarti membuka lebar daun telinga dan menjaga kontak mata. Bagi saya, mendengarkan artinya saya siap dan may terbuka dengan hal-hal yang hendak disampaikan pada saya, suka atau tidak. Sebab dengan mendengarkan, saya mempunyai kesempatan untuk memahami, menyelami, mempertimbangkan, menilai (bukan menghakimi), dan menoleransi nilai-nilai yang berbeda dari yang saya yakini sebelumnya. Dengan cara ini, saya melepaskan diri dari superioritas.

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