Wide open smile……

Perhaps it’s little bit late to share this story which I want to keep clearly into my mind forever. The moments which show me how to value every single substance which I have in hands. At first, Aidil Adha it’s just another holiday that we celebrate every years, with adequate amounts of meats and lambs. But it’s not that ordinary, since I begin to miss contented faces who passing by, enthusiastic moms who kindly cook for the entire country (…I suppose so) and joyful pretty little faces running here and there teasing all cattle before being slaughtered. Perhaps they want to cheer those cattle up, since they will finally enter to the heaven of cows, goats, sheep, or anything :) if they finally succeed making our stomach full with this God blessings.
I begin to enjoy Dads faces, with wide open smile walking from home to the nearest mosque, carrying scalpel, knifes, or similar, to do all the butcher’s work. Here in my place, all people still consider this activity as a part of joyous feast which we shouldn’t missed. There’s no constraint between, rich one or the less fortunate one, we just happy to be here in the same place and do the same activity. Maintain this cattle and spread meats to every edge of this town. I’m sure will miss this smile until next year, and I don’t know if other places will give me this same portrayed of smile like I got here or not.. I just never know.
Perhaps, this little feast it’s not really the essence of Aidil Adha, but the memories of people enjoying this feast really glued our heart to this place, this culture, and this way of living and remind us to stay humble. As days go by, perhaps people won’t bother gathering like that, and just send canned beef to further place and found out more sophisticated way to celebrate Aidil Adha.
But for me, I just want to keep each of this portrayed smile in my head, my mom’s smile, my dad’s, friend’s, neighbors, and everybody’s smile which I saw that day. While people arguing about how pathetic the people are who struggling to get meats at Aidil Adha…I’d rather to memorize these people smile. I still believe that..we will get what we deserved. There’s never be any miscalculated blessing from above..:). The more we plant good deeds, the more we will get the blessings…just as simple as that.