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Money does cost a thing

'Cause I don't care too much for money, money can't buy me love.

Begitu kata the Beatles. Dan Nie sangat setuju.


Uang tidak hanya tidak dapat membeli cinta atau kasih sayang; uang juga tidak bisa membeli kebahagiaan, rumah tangga yang bahagia, kesejahteraan, kesehatan, dan masih banyak lagi hal-hal yang tidak bisa dibeli dengan uang.


Pagi ini, Nie dikejutkan oleh dua berita yang HOT.

First, Heath Ledger, age 28, meninggal dunia. Si koboi Brokeback mountain ditemukan tergeletak bersama sleeping pills di dalam kamar tidurnya. Waktu buka Google News tadi pagi, dan membaca headline "Heath Ledger is found dead", Nie pikir ini adalah cerita di film terbaru Heath Ledger. Ternyata, Heath benar-benar meninggal dunia. Entah apa yang membuat dia memtuskan untuk mengakhiri hidupnya. Apakah kesepian kah? Apakah kurang kasih sayang kah? Apakah putus asa? Yang Nie tau pasti bukan gelimang harta yang dia cari. Bukan pula kekuasaan dan ketenaran yang dia tak punya.

Sebelum membuka Google News di kantor, Nie membaca Jawa Pos di rumah dan menemukan berita tentang seorang model asal Surabaya yang (juga) ditemukan meninggal dunia di kamarnya. Ceritanya dia, also age 28, dugem hari Senin kemarin. Di sono dia minum Martell and Jack Daniel's. Si model, yang bernama Ani Setiawati, ternyata juga lagi On Diet. Dia minum pil pelangsing, entah jumlahnya normal apa nggak. Trus, dia juga mengurangi makan nasi. Begitu kata teman-temannya. Secara model, dia pasti cantik, banyak yang naksir. Dia juga mampu, or at least ngga kere (miskin) lah! Nah, apa yang dia cari?

Nie jadi ingat cerita Lady Di yang meninggal dunia, kurang lebih 10 tahun yang lalu. Meskipun beliau meninggal karena kecelakaan, ada yang bilang bahwa beliau anoreksia, karena stress berat akibat tekanan dari keluarga besar Prince Charles. Ada juga yang bilang dia mabuk bersama selingkuhannya, which was somekind of pelarian dari stress yang menimpanya terus-menerus. Seorang Lady Di, yang cantik, berkuasa, calon (or sekarang mantan calon) ratu Inggris, kaya raya, punya anak-anak yang ganteng, dan tinggal di Inggris (my favorite place), dan semua itu adalah impian dia semenjak kecil, bisa memilih mencari 'pelarian' untuk mengobati stress yang melanda hidupnya.

Uang, kekayaan, popularitas, posisi, status, atau pun kekuasaan ternyata masih belum bisa mengalahkan kebahagiaan, kesehatan, keluarga yang harmonis, kasih sayang berlimpah dan kedamaian.

Pendeta Nie, Bapak Ronny Mandang, kemarin bilang di gereja "money can buy an expensive, prestigious bed; yet it can't buy a good sleep."

I totally agree.

Masih adakah yang ingin mencari sesuap nasi dan segentong berlian? Lebih baik kita cari sesuap nasi (meaning kebutuhan sandang, pangan, dan papan yang cukup) dan segentong kebahagiaan dan kedamaian. Mau?

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