A Short Story About Traveler - Secrets of Divine Love by A. Helwa

     Di dalam buku Secrets of Divine Love karya A. Helwa ada sebuah cerita pendek yang aku sukai dan ingin aku bagikan, begini ceritanya.

        A traveler was wandering through a town, searching for hope, when he came across a crippled beggar, then an old woman getting beaten, and then the funeral of a baby. He fell into a spell of pain, distraught from the despair, famine, and destruction he witnessed. He ran out of the town into the vast silence of the desert at night and screamed to God, "Oh why God! Why is there so much pain? Why is there so much oppression, so much injustice? Why don't You do something?"

    The mas was crying as he was punching the desert floor with his fists, crying over and over again, "Why don't You do something, Lord? Why is there so much war, and cancer, and hatred? Why must so many people starve themselves to sleep? Why must children be homeless? Oh God, why don't You do something? Why don't You quench the flames of our sadness? Why don't You bring joy where hope is lost? Why don't You do something? Why don't You just do something?!"

    The poor man dug his knuckles into the hot sand and screamed until he fell into an ecstatic state, he heard the Divine reply, "I did do something, I created you"

    Sebuah cerita pendek yang mengajariku tentang tanggung jawab kita sebagai manusia di dunia.