17-an yang sesungguhnya

Apa makna tujuh belasan buat kalian? Apa hanyalah sebuah repeated event yang terjadi setiap tahunnya, tanpa ada lagi makna dan rasa?

Tahun ini berbeda buat Oma, karena tahun ini adalah tahun dimana Oma menyadari apa yang hilang dari tujuh belasan di era millennium ini; yang membedakan tujuh belasan sekarang dari tujuh belasan di abad 19-an.

Seperti yang dulu pernah kita pelajari, saat kita masih manis-manisnya duduk di bangku SD, pahlawan yang telah gugur mendahului kita telah mengorbankan harta, bahkan nyawa mereka untuk membela bangsa dan negara Indonesia. Hingga ada kata ‘Merdeka!’ Pahlawan-pahlawan itu rela mengorbankan apa saja, meninggalkan anak istri, meninggalkan harta, dan berjuang sampai titik darah penghabisan.

Bandingkan dengan sekarang?

Coba sebutkan satu saja orang, petinggi di Indonesia, yang Anda yakini, 100%, rela mengorbankan apa saja untuk bangsa dan negara Indonesia: mengorbankan harta benda, keluarga, bahkan nyawa?

Jujur, Oma belum menemukannya. Ada satu-dua kandidat, tapi apakah Oma 100% yakin? Not really.

Lihatlah polah tingkah bapak-bapak petinggi yang terhormat sekarang ini. Adakah dari mereka yang rela mengorbankan harta untuk bangsa dan negara? Yang ada malah mereka mengorbankan dan merugikan orang lain untuk mendapatkan harta sebanyak-banyaknya.

Meninggalkan anak istri? Yang ada malah anak istri ikut kecipratan ‘berkat’. Tidak jarang malah istri dan gaya hidupnya yang menjadi pemicu, juga anak yang bergaya hidup sok-keren-karena-bokap-gue-pejabat.

Mengorbankan nyawa? Huh! Sudah ngga jaman! Lihat aja Munir, dia kehilangan nyawa, tapi yang menghargai dan mengenang dia lebih sedikit dibanding yang menghargai dan mengenang Alm. Soeharto.

Jadi, siapakah pahlawan masa kini? Dan apa kriteria untuk bisa disebuh pahlawan masa kini?

Akankah tolak ukur ‘rela mengorbankan harta dan nyawa’ masih up-to-date?

Anyway, Happy Tujuh Belasan! Kiranya pikiran dan hati nurani kita dimerdekakan, sehingga mulai sekarang kita bisa menentukan sikap untuk menjadi generasi penerus yang benar-benar rela berjuang untuk bangsa dan Negara.

Merdeka!

p.s. I love the pics!

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