For once in your life, write!

This is a true story about my cousin's life.

My cousin and I grew as above average kids. We were excellent students all through our school life. Too bad, he came from a broken home family and grew in poverty.

Yet he managed to become the first state university student among us. He worked hard to fund his study. He tried all kinds of job from mentoring children to singing in a band every night. He's been in the darkest side of a student's life, however, he graduated with flying color.

He was active in politics fighting for poverty. Then he got married. To feed his family, he chose the job that was unwanted for many. Many become part time salespeople because they don't have any choice. He tried many sales positions and have climbed all the way up.

He was very active all his life. Too active as a matter of fact that he didn't give his heart (lever) a rest. Now, his heart puts him in his dying bed waiting for his time. His death wish is to write two books which he cannot do in his current state. The first one is about the expertise he gained within 10 years working in the unwanted-for-many kind of job. He wanted to show the world that if you love your job, it will love you back. It may not give you luxury but it gives you the pearl of knowledge. He doesn't have time to harvest the pearl by writing it.

The second book is his autobiography which he titled "Tiga Bengkoang". The three fruits represent the phases in his life. How his heart puts him in his dying bed and how he fought it. He may lose the fight, but he learns a lot that he earns another gem of life.

His pearl is his to keep. I cannot harvest it by writing it for him. Nor can I understand the three phases of his life. I am writing his short biography with simple message which I learn from him. Read, read from your life then write, for once in your lifetime. Whatever it is that you have been through it is worth written.

March 06, 2006