but each lives his life in a completely different way.
~ Quoted by Paul Coelho in the inspiring Like the Flowing River
The Lovely Bones is a novel by Alice Sebold about a teenage girl who, after being brutally raped and murdered, watches from Heaven as her family and friends go on with their lives while she herself comes to terms with her own death. I just finished reading it when Adik Nurin Jazlin went missing. Terdetik hati bahawa terdapat kemungkinan perkara sebegitu could happen to her, tetapi perasaan itu ditepis kerana berfikiran positif dan berdoa adalah jalan yang terbaik. This could be another Adik Yin's scenario.
Unfortunately, the DNA test result showed that the body found in the bag is apparently the missing Nurin. Innalillah. I could never imagine how her parents are feeling (and coping) but what I could never imagine most is what is going on in the head of the culprit?! How does his/her mind works? What is it that turned him/her dari sebaik-baik ciptaan Tuhan into some makhluk yang lebih nasty dan buruk dan rendah sifatnya dari binatang? What went wrong?! This world is not safe especially for women and children. This could happen to anyone of us. Nauzubillah. Al-Fatihah buat Adik Nurin Jazlin.
I’d like to share something from a very inspiring book (of collection of reflections and short stories) by Paul Coelho, Like the Flowing River, which I’m currently reading (with all my heart): We are all walking towards death, but we never know when death will touch us and it is our duty, therefore, to look around us, to be grateful for each minute. But we should also be grateful to death, because it makes us think about the importance of each decision we take, or fail to take; it makes us stop doing anything that keeps us stuck in the category of the ‘living dead’ and instead, urges us to risk everything, to bet everything on those things we always dreamed of doing, because, whether we like it or not, the angel of death is waiting for us.
Have a blessed Friday!
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