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Senin, 17 Januari 2011

Top 10 Most Haunted Cities in the U.S.

Visit even the smallest of towns in the U.S. and you’re likely to hear some local ghost stories and discover a few haunted houses. But some American cities have gained the reputation for being particularly ghost-ridden thanks to their rich and often bizarre historical backgrounds. The following are ten of the most haunted cities to steer away from—or toward, if you dare—this Halloween.

10. San Francisco, California

San Francisco’s rich cultural makeup, large immigrant population, and a history of natural disasters like earthquakes have helped it develop a reputation as a Mecca of all things haunted. Chinatown alone is home to countless ghost tours and creepy folklore, but the city also boasts a wealth of haunted hotels, mansions, and army bases. Of these, one of the most famous is the Queen Anne Hotel, which served as a school for girls in the 1890s and is said to be haunted by the ghost of its former headmistress, Mary Lake. There are also a number of stories concerning Mary Anne Pleasant, the so-called “Voodoo Queen of San Francisco,” who was a former slave and abolitionist who used a knowledge of the black arts to gain wealth and influence among the city’s elite. Even the trendy San Francisco Art Institute, which is rumored to have been built on top of a graveyard that housed victims of the 1906 earthquake, is said to be the home of several ghosts who have frequently been seen climbing the stairs to a tower that overlooks the ancient cemetery.

Most Haunted Place: Alcatraz

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Alcatraz Island is one of San Francisco’s most famous landmarks, but the former maximum-security prison is also home to some of the city’s weirdest ghost stories. Visitors to the island often claim to see apparitions walking the cellblocks, and sometimes hear voices emanating from what was once the cafeteria.

9. Key West, Florida

Sunny Key West might not seem like the most probable setting for haunted houses, but this small beach community is home to some of the oldest—and downright creepiest—of all ghost stories. The city’s rich history of buccaneers and rumrunners provides the backdrop for a lot of these ghosts, like those that are said haunt Captain Tony’s Saloon. Before it was a bar, Captain Tony’s was supposedly the location of the island’s morgue, and the tree that grows through the building’s center is said to have been a major site for lynching pirates and other criminals, and many are said to still haunt the premises today. Other local ghost stories concern the writer Ernest Hemingway, who kept a home on Key West for some thirty years. Hemingway’s house, now a museum dedicated to his life and work, is said to house the novelist’s ghost. Some visitors and workers claim to see him walking the grounds, while others have heard the clicking of his typewriter coming from inside the main house.

Most Haunted: Robert the Doll

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The island’s art and historical museum isn’t haunted, but it does contain one of the creepiest artifacts of Key West’s history in the form of Robert, a large doll that many claim is possessed. The doll was given to painter Gene Otto in the early 1900s, and the young boy soon became deathly afraid of it, as he said it would often threaten him and wake him in the night by throwing furniture around the room. The boy’s parents would often swear they saw the doll moving, and neighbors claimed they often spotted Robert pacing in front of the windows of the house when the family was away.

8. Athens, Ohio

Athens, Ohio is a small town that is home to the Ohio University as well as some downright strange ghost stories. This small, otherwise peaceful community has inspired stories of hauntings that include everything from a headless train conductor to pagan cults and the violent murders of livestock. Many claim that when plotted on a map, the city’s five major graveyards form the symbol of a pentagram, and strange rituals are at the center of many of Athens’ most famous ghost tales. A lot of these stories date back over a hundred years, when the town became associated with the Spiritualist movement of the 1800s. The most famous tells of Jonathan Koons, a poor farmer who was instructed by ghosts to build a “spirit room” in which apparitions would then manifest and communicate with him from beyond the grave.

Most Haunted Place: Athens Lunatic Asylum

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There’s nothing creepier than a good old-fashioned insane asylum, and Athens has one of the most famous in the form of the Athens Lunatic Asylum, which operated from 1874 until 1993. The hospital held many violent patients, and is notorious for being the site of hundreds of lobotomies. Since closing, the hospital has been the at the center of numerous ghost stories, most of which are kept alive by the students at the university, which now owns the asylum grounds. The most famous of these concerns Margaret, a deaf-mute patient who supposedly escaped from her room, accidentally became trapped in an abandoned ward, and eventually died of exposure. Her decomposing body was found weeks later, and supposedly the stain that was left on the floor of the ward can still be seen today.

7. Portland, Oregon

Portland, Oregon has developed a reputation as the most haunted city of the Pacific Northwest thanks to its bizarre history and high number of ghost sightings. One of the city’s most famous haunted houses is Pittock Mansion, an ornate house that was built in 1914 by a wealthy businessman and his wife, both of whom died shortly thereafter. Visitors have claimed to have seen apparitions and heard footsteps coming from empty rooms, and doors and windows will sometimes open by themselves. Weirdest of all, a portrait of Mr. Pittock, the man who built the house, will inexplicably be found in different parts of the house, as though it can move itself from room to room. In addition to the Pittock house, other Portland haunted places include the Bagdad theater, a movie theater built during the roaring 20s that supposedly houses a number of spirits, and the Willamette river, where in recent years a phantom rowboat has been spotted by several people.

Most Haunted Place: Shanghai Tunnels

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Portland’s coastal location established it as a shipping hub and port of call for sailors during the 1800s. This eventually led to the rise of a practice known as shanghaiing, wherein unsuspecting men and women were kidnapped from bars or hotels, shipped to the Orient, and impressed into slave labor or prostitution. Portland was notorious for this practice thanks to a series of labyrinthine underground tunnels that run beneath the city streets, which were used by the Shanghaiiers as a safe way to capture and transfer victims to the harbor without being seen. Today, the tunnels are said to be haunted by the ghosts of the people who were kidnapped, many of whom were never seen or heard from again.

6. Charleston, South Carolina

Known as the “Holy City” for the church spires that dot its skyline, Charleston is one of the oldest cities in the U.S., and also one of the most haunted. Victorian mansions line the downtown area known as the Battery, which was a protective artillery installation during the Civil War, and it is here that many of the city’s most haunted houses can be found. Perhaps the most famous is the Battery Carriage House Inn, a hotel where people have reported seeing everything from strange lights, to the gentlemanly ghost of a student who died after leaping off the roof, to a headless torso that appears at guests’ bedsides in the middle of the night. Charleston is also known for a number of ghost stories that originated with the Gullah, a West African culture that populates parts of South Carolina and Georgia. The most famous Gullah horror stories usually center on Boo Hags, a type of blood-red vampire that wears human skin as a mask and feeds on its victim’s energy while they sleep.

Most Haunted Place: the Dock Street Theater

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Charleston is full of buildings with a checkered past, and one of the most well known is surely the Dock Street Theater. Built in 1809, the theater is said to be the home of two spirits. The first is Nettie, a poor prostitute who was killed near the theater after being struck by lightning. The other is the ghost of Junius Brutus Booth, an actor who is more famous today for being the father of John Wilkes Boothe, the man who killed Abraham Lincoln. Both spirits are said to wander the backstage area of the theater, and many workers and performers claim to have spotted them.

5. Salem, Massachusetts

In 1692, Salem, Mass. became the sight of a series of infamous trials after three local women were accused of using witchcraft to terrorize a trio of young girls. The trials soon escalated into mass hysteria, with townspeople vehemently accusing neighbors and acquaintances, almost all of them unmarried women, of being witches. Over 150 people were arrested and charged, and as may as 19 were eventually executed by hanging. Today, the town of Salem encourages its reputation as “Witch City, USA” and has one of the biggest Halloween celebrations in the country. Alongside the tourist shops and museums, though, stand several infamous ghost stories related to the witch trials. One in particular concerns Gallows Hill, the site of several hangings, which is said to be haunted by the spirits of the 19 people lynched for being witches.

Most Haunted Place: Joshua Ward House

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Known as one of the most haunted houses in America, Joshua Ward House is built on the foundation of the home of George Corwin, the man who served as Sheriff during the Salem witch trials. Corwin is infamous for his role in the death of Giles Corey, a local man who was charged with witchcraft. When Corey refused to enter a plea in court, Corwin used an old English legal precedent and placed him under a board piled with rocks in order to coerce him into talking. Corey never relented, and was eventually crushed to death under the massive weight. To this day, many claim that Corey and Corwin, who is rumored to be buried beneath the foundation of his old home, haunt the Joshua Ward House.

4. Chicago, Illinois

Thanks to its famous great fire and history of gangsters and underworld criminals like Al Capone, Chicago has developed quite a reputation for being haunted. The city has a number of well known ghost stories that are whispered among the locals each Halloween, and perhaps none is more famous that the story of Resurrection Mary. As the story goes, Mary was a young girl who was hit and killed by a car while leaving a dance hall with her boyfriend. She was buried in nearby Resurrection Cemetery, and ever since she can be periodically seen wandering the streets in her white burial dress, still trying to find her way back home. Another famous story concerns what has come to be known as the “Devil Baby of Hull House,” a child born with scaly skin and a pointed tail who supposedly haunts the house once owned by famed activist Jane Addams.

Most Haunted Place: Bachelor’s Grove Cemetery

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Rumored to be one of the prohibition-era gangsters’ favorite places to dump bodies, Bachelor’s Grove is an old and decaying burial ground that has been the site of countless stories about ghosts, spirits, and devil worship. Several headstones in the cemetery seem to move at will, and many claim that the spirits of the dead often materialize and walk the grounds at night. The most famous of these is the “White Lady,” the ghost of a young woman who is always seen in a white dress, often cradling a baby in her arms. Photo: http://www.bachelors-grove.com/

3. Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

In July of 1863, the small college town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania was the site of the biggest military clash of the Civil War, which to this day remains the bloodiest event to ever occur on American soil. Over 150,000 total soldiers converged on the scene, and when the battle was over as many as 50,000 were killed, wounded, or missing. The shadow of the battle still stands over the town today, and many claim the ghosts of dead soldiers haunt the battlefields. What’s unique about Gettysburg is the sheer amount and frequency of its ghost sightings. Some places in the town, like the home of Jenny Wade, a woman who was killed by a stray bullet from the battle, supposedly experience paranormal activity on a daily basis. Elsewhere, there have even been reports of lone visitors to the battlefield park stumbling across what they assume to be a battle reenactment, only to later learn that none took place that day.

Most Haunted Place: The Devil’s Den

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The Devil’s Den is a rocky outcropping of boulders and shrubs that was the site of one of the clashes of the second day of the battle. The spot is famous for being the location of a small skirmish that took place when a Union artillery unit returned fire on a Confederate sharpshooter who was taking shots at them from behind the rocks. They later found a body, and photographer Alexander Gardner took a photo of it that has since become one of the most iconic images of the battle. But recent evidence suggests that the body in the photo was not the man responsible, and some even claim that Gardner dragged the corpse of another man to the spot in order to stage the picture. Supposedly, this man’s ghost now haunts the Devil’s Den, and to this day visitors to the park often have a great deal of trouble trying to take photos anywhere near the site. Pictures often come out blurry and unusable, and cameras have a strange way of suddenly dying whenever they are turned on in the area.

2. Savannah, Georgia

With its many cemeteries, gothic mansions, and trees covered in hanging Spanish moss, Savannah, GA fits the bill of a haunted city about as well as any town in America. It was one of only a few places that escaped being burned during Sherman’s famous “March to the Sea” during the Civil War, and so it still contains a good deal of antebellum architecture that serves as a perfect breeding ground for ghost stories. One example is the Pirates’ House, a restaurant that in the late 1700s served as a pub for a notoriously rough clientele of sailors and buccaneers. As in Portland, shanghaiing was a common practice, and unsuspecting or drunk patrons were often waylaid and then dragged to the harbor via a series of underground tunnels connected to the bar’s rum cellar. To this day, many consider the cellar to be haunted, and it is said that at night the sounds of drunken sailors singing can still be heard.

Most Haunted Place: The Hampton Lillibridge House

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The Hampton Lillibridge house is an assuming three-story building that was built in 1796 and originally served as a boarding house. It was purchased in the 1960s by a builder who hoped to restore it, and it was then that strange phenomena began to occur. At one point during construction, a portion of the roof collapsed, killing one of the workers. Other builders claimed they would hear voices and footsteps whenever they were alone, and that pieces of construction equipment would often be thrown across the room. Even creepier, they said they often spotted a man in a black suit staring at them from inside the house. Countless exorcisms and investigations have taken place at the house since, and it has gone through several owners, but the presence that haunts it is said to still remain there today.

1. New Orleans, Louisiana

All southern port towns have their share of ghost stories, but none more so than New Orleans, which has truly embraced its reputation as a center of all things paranormal. All of the criteria that tend to produce ghost legends—a coastal location, a checkered past, a rich cultural history, and a potent mix of old and new world religion— can be found here. The city is full of haunted mansions, taverns, and graveyards, and you can’t go far without hearing stories of cursed pirate ships, Civil War-era spirits, and voodoo hexes. In this realm, one of the most famous figures is undoubtedly Marie Laveau, a Creole woman who gained a massive following during the 1800s as one of the first practitioners of voodoo. She died in 1881, but for years after many people claimed to see her walking throughout the French Quarter, and more than 120 years later many ghostly legends about the “Voodoo Queen of New Orleans” still persist.

Most Haunted Place: LaLaurie House

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In the heart of the French Quarter lies an ornate mansion that in the 1800s belonged to physician Louis LaLaurie and his socialite wife Delphine. As the story goes, it was rumored at the time that the couple treated their slaves viciously, and there was evidence Lady LaLaurie was responsible for the murder of a 12-year-old girl. The rumors were validated when one night a fire broke out in the mansion’s kitchen. Firemen raced to the scene, and when they kicked down a door to the slave quarters they were astonished to find several slaves chained to the wall in a kind of makeshift dungeon. Many have since claimed that the LaLaurie’s were performing grotesque surgical experiments on the slaves, but modern evidence suggests that this is probably an exaggeration. Either way, the sadistic couple is said to have soon fled the city, and Lady LaLaurie eventually disappeared. The mansion where the horrors took place still stands today, and several ghosts have been sighted, among them the spirits of both Delphine LaLaurie and the young slave girl she is said to have murdered.

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Berkorban Itu Indah....!!!

Musim hujan sudah berlangsung selama dua bulan sehingga dimana-mana pepohonan tampak menjadi hijau. Seekor ulat menyeruak di antara daun-daun
hijau yang bergoyang-goyang diterpa angin. ” Apa Khabar daun hijau,”!! katanya. Tersentak daun hijau menoleh ke arah suara yang datang. “Oo,
kamu ulat. Badanmu kelihatan kecil dan kurus, mengapa?” tanya daun hijau. “
Aku hampir tidak mendapatkan dedaunan untuk makananku”. ” Bisakah engkau
membantuku sobat?” kata ulat kecil. “Tentu..tentu..mendekatlah ke
mari.”
Daun hijau berpikir, Jika aku memberikan sedikit dari tubuhku ini
untuk makanan si ulat, aku akan tetap hijau, hanya saja aku akan kelihatan
belobang-lobang. tapi tak apalah. Perlahan-lahan ulat menggerakkan
tubuhnya menuju daun hijau. Setelah makan dengan kenyang, ulat berterima kasih kepada daun hijau yang telah merelakan bagian tubuhnya menjadi makanan si ulat.
Ketika ulat mengucapkan terima kasih kepada sahabat yang penuh kasih
dan pengorbanan itu, ada rasa puas didalam diri daun hijau. Sekalipun
tubuhnya kini berlobang disana sini namun ia bahagia bisa melakukan bagi ulat kecil yang lapar. Tidak lama berselang ketika musim panas datang daun hijau menjadi kering dan berubah warna. Akhirnya ia jatuh ketanah, disapu
orang dan dibakar.
Apa yang terlalu berarti di dalam hidup kita sehingga kita enggan berkorban sedikit saja bagi sesama ? Toh akhirnya semua yang ada akan binasa. Daun hijau yang baik mewakili orang-orang yang masih mempunyai “hati” bagi sesamanya. Yang tidak menutup mata ketika melihat sesamanya dalam kesulitan. Yang tidak membelakangi dan seolah-olah tidak mendengar ketika sesamanya berteriak minta tolong. Ia rela melakukan sesuatu untuk kepentingan orang lain dan sejenak mengabaikan kepentingan diri sendiri.merelakan kesenangan dan kepentingan diri sendiri bagi sesama memangtidak mudah, tetapi indah.Ketika berkorban, diri kita sendiri menjadi seperti daun yang berlobangnamun itu sebenarnya tidak mempengaruhi hidup kita. Kita akan tetaphijau. Sepertihalnya sebatang lilin, ia akan senantiasa menerangi kegelapan walaupun ia sadar bahwa dirinya akan musnah...
Lalu timbul pertanyaan, apa sih yang kekal di atas dunia ini..???  tetapi kenapa masih banyak orang2 yang tidak mau berkorban..?? Jawaban nya hanya ada di dalam lubuk hati kita yang paling dalam..
Tuhan akan senantiasa memelihara kita. Bagai “daun hijau” dan lilin , berkorban merupakan satu hal yang mengesankan dan terasa indah serta memuaskan. Dia bahagia melihat sesamanya bisa tersenyum karena pengorbanan yang ia lakukan. Ia juga melakukannya karena menyadaribahwa ia tidak akan selamanya tinggal sebagai daun hijau. Suatu hari ia akan kering dan jatuh. Demikianlah hidup kita, hidup ini hanya sementara kemudiankita akan mati. itu sebabnya isilah hidup ini dengan perbuatan-perbuatanbaik pengorbanan, pengertian, kesetiaan, kesabaran dan kerendahan hati.

Jadikanlah berkorban itu sebagai sesuatu yang menyenangkan dan membawa kebahagiaan tersendiri bagi kita. Dalam banyak hal kita bisa berkorban. mendahulukan kepentingan sesama, melakukan sesuatu bagi mereka, memberikan apa yang kita punyai dan masih banyak lagi pengorbanan yang bisa dilakukan ...karena berkorban itu indah

Tertatih....


Aku berjalan di dalam kesendirian
aku mencoba tak mengingatmu dan mengenangmu
aku tlah hancur lebih dari berkeping-keping
karna cintaku karna rasaku
yang tulus padamu...
begitu dalamnya aku terjatuh
dalam kesalahan rasa ini...

Ingin rasanya aku bangkit dari keterpurukan ini..
namun aku tak kuasa...
rasa ini sudah begitu dalam tertambat...

Aku turut bahagia..
walau tak bisa bersamamu..
dan memilikimu..
karena aku MENCINTAIMU

Cinta datang karena ada Harapan dan Doa.



Mungkin Tuhan menginginkan kita bertemu dan bercinta dengan orang yang salah sebelum bertemu dengan orang yang tepat, kita harus mengerti bagaimana berterimakasih atas karunia tersebut. Cinta datang kepada orang yang masih mempunyai harapan, walaupun mereka telah dikecewakan. Kepada mereka telah dikhianati. Kepada mereka yang masih ingin mencintai walaupun mereka telah disakiti sebelumnya dan kepada mereka yang mempunyai keberanian dan keyakinan untuk membangunkan kembali kepercayaan.
"Karena tidak semua cinta yang datang itu menyakitkan"

Amanat Cinta

Disaat kau ingin melepaskan seseorang, ingat lah saat kau ingin mendapatkannya
Saat kau mulai ingin melupakannya, ingatlah saat pertama kau jatuh cinta padanya.
Saat kau mulai bosan padanya, ingatlah saat saat terindah bersamanya.
Saat kau ingin menduakan cintanya, bayangkan dia selalu setia menunggumu disana.
Saat kau ingin bohongi dia, ingat lah saat dia berkata jujur dan apa adanya.
Janganlah pernah menyia-nyiakan orang yang pernah menyayangi dan mencintaimu dengan tulus.
Karena cintanya tak akan terganti….



Mengapa Harus Tanggal 26...???

Bencana Tahun 1500-2000 :
  • 26 Jan 1531 gempa bumi di Lisbon, Portugal, 30.000 orang tewas
  • 26 Jan 1700 gempa di Laut Pasifik, dari Vancouver Island, Southwest Canada off British Columbia hingga Northern California, Pacific Northwest,USA. Dikenal sebagai megathrust earthquake.
  • 26 Jul 1805 gempa bumi di Naples, Calabria, Italy, 26.000 orang tewas
  • 26 Agt 1883 Gunung Krakatau meletus, 36.000 orang diperkirakan tewas
  • 26 Des 1861 gempa bumi di Egion, Yunani
  • 26 Mar 1872 gempa bumi di Owens Valley, USA
  • 26 Agt 1896 gempa bumi di Skeid, Land, Islandia
  • 26 Nop 1902 gempa bumi di Bohemia, sekarang Czech Republic
  • 26 Nop 1930 gempa bumi di Izu
  • 26 Sep 1932 gempa bumi di Ierissos, Yunani
  • 26 Des 1932 gempa bumi di Kansu, Cina, 70.000 orang tewas
  • 26 Okt 1935 gempa bumi di Colombia
  • 26 Des 1939 gempa bumi di Erzincan, Turki, 41.000 orang tewas
  • 26 Nov 1943 gempa di Tosya Ladik, Turki
  • 26 Des 1949 gempa bumi di Imaichi, Jepang
  • 26 Mei 1957 gempa di Bolu Abant, Turki
  • 26 Mar 1963, gempa bumi di Wakasa Bay, Jepang
  • 26 Jul 1963 gempa bumi di Skopje, Yugoslavia, 1.000 orang tewas
  • 26 Mei 1964 gempa bumi di S. Sandwich Island
  • 26 Jul 1967 gempa bumi di Pulumur, Turki
  • 26 Sep 1970 gempa bumi di Bahia Solano, Colombia
  • 26 Jul 1971 gempa bumi di Solomon Island
  • 26 Apr 1972 gempa bumi di Ezine, Turki
  • 26 Mei 1975 gempa bumi di N. Atlantic
  • 26 Mar 1977 gempa bumi di Palu, Turki
  • 26 Des 1979 gempa bumi di Carlisle, Inggris
  • 26 Apr 1981 gempa bumi di Westmorland, USA
  • 26 Mei 1983 gempa bumi di Nihonkai, Chubu, Jepang
  • 26 Jan 1985 gempa bumi di Mendoza, Argentina
  • 26 Jan 1986 gempa bumi di Tres Pinos, USA
  • 26 Apr 1992 gempa bumi di Cape Mendocino, California, USA
  • 26 Okt 1997 gempa bumi di Italia
Tahun 2000 – kini yang terjadi di negeri kita, Indonesia :
  • Tsunami di Aceh tanggal 26 Desember’04,
  • Gempa Jogja 26 Mei 2006
  • Gempa Tasikmalaya 26 juni 2010,
  • Tsunami Mentawai 26 Oktober 2010,
  • Merapi Meletus 26 Oktober 2010.
Saya “tergelitik” untuk membuka aplikasi Qur’an digital di PC saya, mungkinkah ada jawaban terhadap fenomena ini di dalam Al-Qur’an? …Subhanallah, Allahu Akbar, saya temukan ternyata pada Surat 26 : Asy-Syu’ara yang ayat-ayatnya menyebutkan pemahaman mengenai azab yang diturunkan oleh Allah SWT jika kita umatnya tidak bertaqwa, jika kita melampaui batas dalam hidup ini, jika kita menjauh dari Allah SWT…
Subhanallah, sampai tulisan ini diturunkan saya masih mempelajari ayat-ayat tersebut. Tulisan ini tidak bermaksud menghubung-hubungkan tanggal musibah yang terjadi dengan urutan Surat ke 26 di Al-Qur’an, namun hikmah yang dapat diambil adalah bahwa tidak ada yang kebetulan di dunia ini, semua yang terjadi di dunia ini ada dalam kuasa Allah SWT, kita sebagai makhluk-Nya yang diberikan akal pikiran sudah sepatutnya dapat membaca tanda-tanda yang diberikan oleh Allah SWT dan dengan begitu kita dapat lebih mendekatkan diri kepada Allah SWT karena kita semua akan kembali kepada Allah SWT…
Mari kita buka Al-Qur’an, mari kita kembali ke Al-Qur’an….
Semoga tulisan ini bisa bermanfaat ya

Kesucian mu adalah Nyawaku

Wanita suci,
 Mungkin aku memang tak romantis tapi siapa peduli?
 Karena toh kau tak mengenalku dan memang tak perlu mengenalku.
 Bagiku kau bunga, tak mampu aku samakanmu dengan bunga terindah sekalipun.
 Bagiku manusia adalah makhluk yang terindah, tersempurna dan tertinggi.
 Bagiku dirimu salah satu dari semua itu, karenanya kau tak membutuhkan persamaan.

Wanita suci,
Jangan pernah biarkan aku manatapmu penuh, karena akan membuatku mengingatmu.
Berarti memenuhi kepalaku dengan inginkanmu.
Berimbas pada tersusunnya gambarmu dalam tiap dinding khayalku.
 Membuatku inginkanmu sepenuh hati, seluruh jiwa, sesemangat mentari.
 Kasihanilah dirimu jika harus hadir dalam khayalku yang masih penuh lumpur.
 Karena sesungguhnya dirimu terlalu suci. 


Wanita suci,
Jangan pernah kautatapku penuh
Bahkan tak perlu kaulirikkan matamu untuk melihatku.
Bukan karena aku terlalu indah, tapi karena aku seorang yang masih kotor.
Aku biasa memakai topeng keindahan pada wajah burukku, mengenakan pakaian sutra emas. 
Meniru laku para rahib, meski hatiku lebih kotor dari Lumpur.
Kau memang suci, tapi masih sangat mungkin kau termanipulasi.
Karena kau toh hanya manusia-hanya wanita.

Wanita suci,
Bariskan harapanmu pada istikharah sepenuh hati ikhlas.
Relakan Allah pilihkan lelaki suci untukmu, mungkin sekarang atau nanti, bahkan mungkin tak ada sampai kau mati.
Mungkin itu berarti dirimu terlalu suci untuk semua lelaki di dunia fana saat ini.
Mungkin lelaki suci itu menanti di istana kekalmu, yang kaubangun dengan segala kekhusyu`an tangis do`amu.

        The wind is shaking the windows,and over my small room,
the stars fill up the sky, shining brightly too many to count,
the stars reassure tired me
they wipe away the many tears that are deep inside me

don’t be hurt too much..they hug me tight and pamper me
and comfort me,
telling me to go to sleep

though I’m exhausted to the point where I can’t walk
though my tears blur my vision
I’ll still smile in front of my love that I’m not able to get

Even though our happy times were short, I’ll treasure it deep inside my heart
like those countless number of stars, forever

My dream is coming. though it is unusual that my one star is bright
it is very bright, even blinding..it comes down to my shoulder
stop being so sad..it holds my hand as it touches me
and gives me a warm hug

though I’m exhausted to the point where I can’t walkthough my tears blur my vision
I’ll still smile in front of my love that I’m not able to get

Even though our happy times were short, I’ll treasure it deep inside my heart
like those countless number of stars, forever

Only for today, I won’t cry though my eyes fill with tears
I want to laugh like those starsI want to cherish all my happy moments deep inside my heart
Like those countless number of stars, forever....

Sekilas Tentang Cinta

              Cinta tidak pernah meminta, ia sentiasa memberi, cinta membawa penderitaan, tetapi tidak pernah berdendam, tak pernah membalas dendam. Di mana ada cinta di situ ada kehidupan; manakala kebencian membawa kepada kemusnahan.~ Mahatma Ghandi
Tuhan memberi kita dua kaki untuk berjalan, dua tangan untuk memegang, dua telinga untuk mendengar dan dua mata untuk melihat. Tetapi mengapa Tuhan hanya menganugerahkan sekeping hati pada kita? Karena Tuhan telah memberikan sekeping lagi hati pada seseorang untuk kita mencarinya. Itulah namanya Cinta.
Ada 2 titis air mata mengalir di sebuah sungai. Satu titis air mata tu menyapa air mata yg satu lagi,” Saya air mata seorang gadis yang mencintai seorang lelaki tetapi telah kehilangannya. Siapa kamu pula?”. Jawab titis air mata kedua tu,” Saya air mata seorang lelaki yang menyesal membiarkan seorang gadis yang mencintai saya berlalu begitu sahaja.”
Cinta sejati adalah ketika dia mencintai orang lain, dan kamu masih mampu tersenyum, sambil berkata: aku turut bahagia untukmu.
Jika kita mencintai seseorang, kita akan sentiasa mendoakannya walaupun dia tidak berada disisi kita.

Jangan sesekali mengucapkan selamat tinggal jika kamu masih mau mencoba. Jangan sesekali menyerah jika kamu masih merasa sanggup. Jangan sesekali mengatakan kamu tidak mencintainya lagi jika kamu masih tidak dapat melupakannya.
Perasaan cinta itu dimulai dari mata, sedangkan rasa suka dimulai dari telinga. Jadi jika kamu mahu berhenti menyukai seseorang, cukup dengan menutup telinga. Tapi apabila kamu Coba menutup matamu dari orang yang kamu cintai, cinta itu berubah menjadi titisan air mata dan terus tinggal dihatimu dalam jarak waktu yang cukup lama.
Cinta datang kepada orang yang masih mempunyai harapan walaupun mereka telah dikecewakan. Kepada mereka yang masih percaya, walaupun mereka telah dikhianati. Kepada mereka yang masih ingin mencintai, walaupun mereka telah disakiti sebelumnya dan kepada mereka yang mempunyai keberanian dan keyakinan untuk membangunkan kembali kepercayaan.
Jangan simpan kata-kata cinta pada orang yang tersayang sehingga dia meninggal dunia , lantaran akhirnya kamu terpaksa catatkan kata-kata cinta itu pada pusaranya . Sebaliknya ucapkan kata-kata cinta yang tersimpan dibenakmu itu sekarang selagi ada hayatnya.
Mungkin Tuhan menginginkan kita bertemu dan bercinta dengan orang yang salah sebelum bertemu dengan orang yang tepat, kita harus mengerti bagaimana berterima kasih atas kurniaan itu.
Cinta bukan mengajar kita lemah, tetapi membangkitkan kekuatan. Cinta bukan mengajar kita menghinakan diri, tetapi menghembuskan kegagahan. Cinta bukan melemahkan semangat, tetapi membangkitkan semangat -Hamka
Cinta dapat mengubah pahit menjadi manis, debu beralih emas, keruh menjadi bening, sakit menjadi sembuh, penjara menjadi telaga, derita menjadi nikmat, dan kemarahan menjadi rahmat.
Sungguh menyakitkan mencintai seseorang yang tidak mencintaimu, tetapi lebih menyakitkan adalah mencintai seseorang dan kamu tidak pernah memiliki keberanian untuk menyatakan cintamu kepadanya.
Hal yang menyedihkan dalam hidup adalah ketika kamu bertemu seseorang yang sangat berarti bagimu. Hanya untuk menemukan bahawa pada akhirnya menjadi tidak bererti dan kamu harus membiarkannya pergi.
Kamu tahu bahwa kamu sangat merindukan seseorang, ketika kamu memikirkannya hatimu hancur berkeping.
Dan hanya dengan mendengar kata “Hai” darinya, dapat menyatukan kembali kepingan hati tersebut.
Tuhan ciptakan 100 bahagian kasih sayang. 99 disimpan disisinya dan hanya 1 bahagian diturunkan ke dunia. Dengan kasih sayang yang satu bahagian itulah, makhluk saling berkasih sayang sehingga kuda mengangkat kakinya kerana takut anaknya terpijak.
Kadangkala kamu tidak menghargai orang yang mencintai kamu sepenuh hati, sehinggalah kamu kehilangannya. Pada saat itu, tiada guna sesalan karena perginya tanpa berpatah lagi.
Jangan mencintai seseorang seperti bunga, kerana bunga mati kala musim berganti. Cintailah mereka seperti sungai, kerana sungai mengalir selamanya.
Cinta mampu melunakkan besi, menghancurkan batu, membangkitkan yang mati dan meniupkan kehidupan padanya serta membuat budak menjadi pemimpin. Inilah dasyatnya cinta !
Permulaan cinta adalah membiarkan orang yang kamu cintai menjadi dirinya sendiri, dan tidak merubahnya menjadi gambaran yang kamu inginkan. Jika tidak, kamu hanya mencintai pantulan diri sendiri yang kamu temukan di dalam dirinya.
Cinta itu adalah perasaan yang mesti ada pada tiap-tiap diri manusia, ia laksana setitis embun yang turun dari langit,bersih dan suci. Cuma tanahnyalah yang berlain-lainan menerimanya. Jika ia jatuh ke tanah yang tandus,tumbuhlah oleh kerana embun itu kedurjanaan, kedustaan, penipu, langkah serong dan lain-lain perkara yang tercela. Tetapi jika ia jatuh kepada tanah yang subur,di sana akan tumbuh kesuciaan hati, keikhlasan, setia budi pekerti yang tinggi dan lain-lain perangai yang terpuji.~ Hamka
Kata-kata cinta yang lahir hanya sekadar di bibir dan bukannya di hati mampu melumatkan seluruh jiwa raga, manakala kata-kata cinta yang lahir dari hati yang ikhlas mampu untuk mengubati segala luka di hati orang yang mendengarnya.
Kamu tidak pernah tahu bila kamu akan jatuh cinta. namun apabila sampai saatnya itu, raihlah dengan kedua tanganmu,dan jangan biarkan dia pergi dengan sejuta rasa tanda tanya dihatinya
Cinta bukanlah kata murah dan lumrah dituturkan dari mulut ke mulut tetapi cinta adalah anugerah Tuhan yang indah dan suci jika manusia dapat menilai kesuciannya.
Bukan laut namanya jika airnya tidak berombak. Bukan cinta namanya jika perasaan tidak pernah terluka. Bukan kekasih namanya jika hatinya tidak pernah merindu dan cemburu.
Bercinta memang mudah. Untuk dicintai juga memang mudah. Tapi untuk dicintai oleh orang yang kita cintai itulah yang sukar diperoleh.
Satu-satunya cara agar kita memperolehi kasih sayang, ialah jangan menuntut agar kita dicintai, tetapi mulailah memberi kasih sayang kepada orang lain tanpa mengharapkan balasan.