Nelson Mandela: 27 tahun dalam penjara

Lesson #1 Find Your Own Garden.

Sebenarnya kelakar jugak lah cerita mula-mula Mandela nak bagunkan sebuah taman dekat dalam penjara. Kelakar sebab mulanya dia cuma gali-gali tanah dekat situ, korek tulang belulang yang ada, tumbuk dan buat baja untuk benih-benih dia. Tanah tak subur, jadi kena lah bagi baja. Pegawai yang jaga penjara tu sangat suspicious dengan kegiatan Mandela mengorek-ngorek tulang. Bimbang kalau ada agenda nak sabotaj ke apa ke. Sampai akhirnya pegawai penjara sendiri yang membekal baja dan benih, dan tong tanah.

Dituliskan oleh Richard Stengel ketika menemani Nelson ke mana-mana untuk menulis sebuah biografi:

In a world that he could not control, that defied and punished him, that seems hostile to his values and his dream, garden had been a place of beauty and regularity and renewal. Effort was rewarded. The seasons changed in regular order. Seeds turned into plants. Stalk roses. Leaves sprouted.

Kadang-kadang lebih-lebih lagi sekarang; zaman segala-galanya di hujung jari, semuanya macam berkejar-kejar. Jadi, orang kata, kalau kita tak nak sama-sama berkejar, kita lah terkontang kanting kena tinggal. Meh. This world is so harsh. We abandon the famous word once upon a time 'well, things take time'. Sekarang ni dah guna 'Man! hurry, we have no time". Time ada je lah, cuba bawak bernafas sikit. [meh]

He would occasionally use garden metaphors when we talked. Men, he said can be cultivated like plant. For Mandela, his life was in service to others, and the garden was a respite from the turmoil and storms of the world. It was not a place of retreat but of renewal. Even on a remote but beautiful island (tempat dia dipenjarakan; Robben Island), Mandela needed a place apart. A place where he could lose himself to find himself"

Lets!

Ok, buku ni nak bagi 9.8/10 sebab dahsyat sangat kekemasan cerita Mandela yang dijalin dibentang, gaya penulisan, font dia, kertas recycle color kuning, hard cover dia, semua lah! Subtopik dia semua bes bes. Ni baru satu, ada beberapa lagi subtopik yang bes tapi tak larat dah nak tulis, antaranya:

1. A complex man
2. Courage is not the absence of fear
3. Lead from the back
4. Know when to say no
5. Love makes the difference
6. See the good in others


Seius bes. Dan paling bes sekali, harga dia 8 ringgit ajor. Rasa berjaya sangat! BBW jyeah.

Dahlah.
Pengsan baca buku ni. Deep sangat.
Nanti sambung balik lesson #2.