8 Tanda Jodoh Anda
Pertanda 1
Rahasia sepasang kekasih agar bisa memiliki umur hubungan yang panjang adalah adanya saling berbagi. Anda dan dia selalu bisa saling membantu, entah itu pekerjaan sepele atau besar.Paling penting adalah Anda berdua selalu bisa menikmati segala aspek kehidupan secara bersama-sama. Dan semuanya terasa amat menyenangkan meskipun tanpa harus melibatkan orang lain. Nah, apakah Anda sudah merasakan hal tersebut? Jika ya, selamat berarti ada harapan bahwa dia adalah calon pendamping hidup Anda!
Pertanda 2
Salah satu kriteria yang menentukan cocok tidaknya dia itu jodoh Anda atau bukan adalah kemampuannya bersikap santai di depan Anda. Coba sekarang perhatikan, apakah gerak geriknya, caranya berpakaian, gaya rambutnya, caranya berbicara serta tertawanya mengesankan apa adanya? Apakah setiap ucapannya selalu tampak spontan dan tidak dibuat-buat ? Jika tidak, (maaf) kemungkinan besar dia bukan jodoh Anda.
Pertanda 3
Adanya kontak bathin membuat hati Anda berdua bisa selalu saling tahu. Dan bila Anda atau si dia bisa saling membaca pikiran dan menduga reaksi serta perasaanya satu sama lainnya pada situasi tertentu. Selamat! Mungkin sebenarnya dialah belahan jiwa Anda yang tersimpan…
Pertanda 4
Bersamanya bisa membuat perasaan Anda menjadi santai, nyaman tanpa perasaan tertekan. Berjam-jam bersamanya, setiap waktu dan setiap hari tak membuat Anda merasa bosan.. Ini bisa sebagai pertanda bahwa Anda berdua kelak bisa saling terikat.
Pertanda 5
Dia selalu ada untuk Anda dalam situasi apapun. Dan dia selalu bisa memahami cuaca dalam hati Anda baik dalam suka dan duka. Percayalah pasangan yang berjodoh pasti tak takut mengalami pasang surut saat bersama. Sekarang, ingat-ingat kembali. Apakah dia orang pertama yang datang memberi bantuan tatkala Anda dirundung musibah? Dia selalu paham saat PMS Anda datang menyerang? Dia tau keadaan waktu anda sakit….. Jika ya, tak salah lagi. Dialah orangnya…
Pertanda 6
Dia tak terlalu peduli dengan masa lalu keluarga Anda, dia tak peduli dengan masa lalu Anda saat bersama kekasih terdahulu. Dia juga tak malu-malu menceritakan masa lalunya.. Nah, kalau begitu ini bisa berarti dia sudah siap menerima Anda apa adanya..
Pertanda 7
Setiap orang pasti memiliki kekurangan, dan Anda tak malu-malu memperlihatkannya pada si dia. Bahkan pada saat Anda tampil ‘buruk’ di depannya sekalipun, misalnya saat Anda bangun tidur atau saat Anda sakit dan tak mandi selama dua hari.
Pertanda 8
Bila Anda merasa rahasia Anda bisa lebih aman di tangannya daripada di tangan sahabat-sahabat Anda. Atau Anda merasa sudah tak bisa lagi menyimpan rahasia apapun darinya, maka berbahagialah! Karena ini bisa berarti pasangan sejati telah Anda temukan !
Apakah kedelapan pertanda di atas telah Anda temukan padanya?
dari: henlia-spiritual reflection
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Why Woman ? (Theology of The Body Series)
Why Woman?
Taken from www.theologyofthebody.net , article by Katrina Zeno
Every fiber of a woman's being cries out for connection, for relationship. This distinctively feminine orientation has been poo-pooh'd in recent decades, claiming it makes a woman weak and dependent. The solution has been to downgrade her need for relationships and upgrade her ability to accomplish and achieve. However, there's an undeniable aspect of a woman that can't be swept under the carpet or deleted from her life - her body...
The structure of a woman's body is made for union, for connection. The act of intercourse happens within a woman's body as does the union of egg and sperm. The rapidly forming embryo unites itself to the lining of the womb and remains connected through the umbilical cord. In breastfeeding, the woman and her child are connected heart to heart and flesh to flesh for love and nourishment.
There is no shame in being a woman. Only women can receive new life into the empty space within. Only women can make a gift of self so that others can receive the gift of their very lives. A woman's body "speaks" the language of receptivity and relationship.
In his apostolic letter, On The Dignity and Vocation of Women, Pope John Paul II describes this feminine gift of self: "Motherhood implies from the beginning [from creation] a special openness to the new person....In this openness...the woman รข€˜discovers herself through a sincere gift of self.'" A few lines later he adds: "Motherhood is linked to the personal structure of the woman and to the personal dimension of the gift." (No. 18)
Pope John Paul II insists that a woman finds her meaning and purpose in life through motherhood, through making a feminine, and not gender-neutral, gift of self. Otherwise, gender would be useless. It would merely be a social construction imposed on us by culture, and true liberation would consist in getting rid of it.
But true liberation never consists in getting rid of the body. True freedom and fulfillment find their fullest expression through the body.
This places us in a conundrum: If a woman can only discover herself through a sincere gift of self, and that gift of self is expressed through motherhood, what about women who are not mothers? Are they condemned to a life on the periphery, a kind of carrot-on-the-end-of-a-stick existence where they can see the meaning and purpose of their lives but never quite reach it?
Never! That would be bad news, in fact, the worst possible news. Jesus came to give life, not misery, and that life for all women comes through spiritual motherhood.
While Pope John Paul II never defines spiritual motherhood, I like to describe it this way: Spiritual motherhood is nurturing the emotional, moral, cultural, and spiritual lives of others. This means women can be spiritual mothers anywhere: At the grocery store, in the office, working in the fields, even flat in bed. When a woman makes a meal for a friend, gives someone a spiritual book, prays the rosary, provides a listening ear, or monitors what her children watch on TV, she's nurturing the emotional, moral, cultural, and spiritual lives of others.
Here's how a friend of mine, Patty, describes her life as a spiritual mother: "I'm not a mom, but that's okay because I have a lot of other titles: aunt, friend, godmother, guidance counselor, sister, and cousin. I try to be another hand of God on earth, to be there when people need me and to be generous with my time and love."
The Catholic Church has always encouraged spiritual motherhood, only under a different title - the corporal and spiritual works of mercy. Giving food to the hungry, drink to the thirsty, etc., emphasize caring for a person's tangible needs while counseling the doubtful, instructing the ignorant, comforting the sorrowful, etc., nurture others in less tangible, but still critical ways.
When looking for the consummate model of femininity and motherhood, Pope John Paul II turns to Mary. Feminine receptivity and relationship find their ultimate expression and fulfillment in her. Mary's fiat welcomed the Holy Spirit into the empty space within and conceived a new kind of fruitfulness, a fruitfulness of the Spirit. Her union with God brought the human body of Christ into the world.
Every woman is called to be overshadowed by the Spirit so as to be abundantly fruitful, to be a Christ-bearer. The transformation of society and culture into a civilization of love and a culture of life begins here: with the empty space within. Whether a woman is 8 or 88, the sacred space within has a purpose - to be filled with the Spirit (and Eucharistic body) of Christ so she can go forth to nurture the emotional, moral, cultural, and spiritual lives of others. Then all human society will be enriched, and peace will flourish as women reveal the mystery of life - to be in human and divine relationship.
Taken from www.theologyofthebody.net , article by Katrina Zeno
Every fiber of a woman's being cries out for connection, for relationship. This distinctively feminine orientation has been poo-pooh'd in recent decades, claiming it makes a woman weak and dependent. The solution has been to downgrade her need for relationships and upgrade her ability to accomplish and achieve. However, there's an undeniable aspect of a woman that can't be swept under the carpet or deleted from her life - her body...
The structure of a woman's body is made for union, for connection. The act of intercourse happens within a woman's body as does the union of egg and sperm. The rapidly forming embryo unites itself to the lining of the womb and remains connected through the umbilical cord. In breastfeeding, the woman and her child are connected heart to heart and flesh to flesh for love and nourishment.
There is no shame in being a woman. Only women can receive new life into the empty space within. Only women can make a gift of self so that others can receive the gift of their very lives. A woman's body "speaks" the language of receptivity and relationship.
In his apostolic letter, On The Dignity and Vocation of Women, Pope John Paul II describes this feminine gift of self: "Motherhood implies from the beginning [from creation] a special openness to the new person....In this openness...the woman รข€˜discovers herself through a sincere gift of self.'" A few lines later he adds: "Motherhood is linked to the personal structure of the woman and to the personal dimension of the gift." (No. 18)
Pope John Paul II insists that a woman finds her meaning and purpose in life through motherhood, through making a feminine, and not gender-neutral, gift of self. Otherwise, gender would be useless. It would merely be a social construction imposed on us by culture, and true liberation would consist in getting rid of it.
But true liberation never consists in getting rid of the body. True freedom and fulfillment find their fullest expression through the body.
This places us in a conundrum: If a woman can only discover herself through a sincere gift of self, and that gift of self is expressed through motherhood, what about women who are not mothers? Are they condemned to a life on the periphery, a kind of carrot-on-the-end-of-a-stick existence where they can see the meaning and purpose of their lives but never quite reach it?
Never! That would be bad news, in fact, the worst possible news. Jesus came to give life, not misery, and that life for all women comes through spiritual motherhood.
While Pope John Paul II never defines spiritual motherhood, I like to describe it this way: Spiritual motherhood is nurturing the emotional, moral, cultural, and spiritual lives of others. This means women can be spiritual mothers anywhere: At the grocery store, in the office, working in the fields, even flat in bed. When a woman makes a meal for a friend, gives someone a spiritual book, prays the rosary, provides a listening ear, or monitors what her children watch on TV, she's nurturing the emotional, moral, cultural, and spiritual lives of others.
Here's how a friend of mine, Patty, describes her life as a spiritual mother: "I'm not a mom, but that's okay because I have a lot of other titles: aunt, friend, godmother, guidance counselor, sister, and cousin. I try to be another hand of God on earth, to be there when people need me and to be generous with my time and love."
The Catholic Church has always encouraged spiritual motherhood, only under a different title - the corporal and spiritual works of mercy. Giving food to the hungry, drink to the thirsty, etc., emphasize caring for a person's tangible needs while counseling the doubtful, instructing the ignorant, comforting the sorrowful, etc., nurture others in less tangible, but still critical ways.
When looking for the consummate model of femininity and motherhood, Pope John Paul II turns to Mary. Feminine receptivity and relationship find their ultimate expression and fulfillment in her. Mary's fiat welcomed the Holy Spirit into the empty space within and conceived a new kind of fruitfulness, a fruitfulness of the Spirit. Her union with God brought the human body of Christ into the world.
Every woman is called to be overshadowed by the Spirit so as to be abundantly fruitful, to be a Christ-bearer. The transformation of society and culture into a civilization of love and a culture of life begins here: with the empty space within. Whether a woman is 8 or 88, the sacred space within has a purpose - to be filled with the Spirit (and Eucharistic body) of Christ so she can go forth to nurture the emotional, moral, cultural, and spiritual lives of others. Then all human society will be enriched, and peace will flourish as women reveal the mystery of life - to be in human and divine relationship.
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