This tiny little prayer (untuk John Winoto)

John Winoto, seorang teman di kantor. Meninggal kecelakaan lalulintas tgl. 23 Feb 2006 malam; dalam perjalanan pulang dari kantor. He’s a kind young man, everybody in the office will say that if you ask them. Para developers di atas itu secara main-main diberi label “autistik” sama temen-temen sekretaris karena mereka agak kurang bergaul dengan temen-temen di luar IT. Tapi John nggak begitu. Dia ngobrol dan bercanda dengan sekretaris dan temen-temen yang lain waktu jam makan siang di pantry; dia nggak cuma duduk ngumpul dengan sesama developers, tapi dia berbaur. He was not geeky, that’s what he was

Dia juga sering kirimin temen-temen (me always included) informational AND inspirational emails; cuma dia satu-satunya developer yang ngirim-ngirimin email seperti itu. And in turn, I sent him my shares of inspirational and joke emails.

And now he’s gone!

Sebelum dia pulang sore itu, dia masih kirimin lagi satu inspirational email untuk beberapa teman, termasuk saya. Judulnya This Tiny Little Prayer (lihat di bawah). Siapa yang sangka kalau ini email dia yang terakhir untuk temen-temennya. Dan isi emailnya juga menyentuh sekali; merupakan sebuah doa dari seorang geek yang minta Tuhan untuk memberkati isi dari komputernya, yaitu alamat-alamat email dari temen-temen dekatnya.

And then he left, and never comes back.

Good bye John!
From: “Winoto, John”
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 18:20:04 +0700
Subject: This Tiny Little prayer

Dear Lord:

Every single evening
As I’m lying here in bed
This tiny little prayer
Keeps running through my head.
God bless my mom and dad,
And other family.
Keep them warm and safe from harm
For they’re so close to me.

And God, there is one more thing
I wish that you could do.
Hope you don’t mind me asking,
Bless my computer too.

Now I know that it’s not normal
To bless a mother board,
But listen just a second
While I explain to you My Lord.

You see, that little metal box
Holds more than odds & ends
Inside those small compartments
Rest so many of my FRIENDS.

I know so much about them
By the kindness that they give
And this little scrap of metal
Takes me in to where they live.

By faith is how I know them
Much the same as you
We share in what life brings us
And from that our friendship grew.

Please, take an extra minute
From your duties up above
To bless those in my address book
That’s filled with so much love!

Wherever else this prayer may reach
To each and every friend,
bless each email Inbox
And the person who hits Send.

When you update your heavenly list
On your own CD-Rom
Remember each who’ve said this prayer
Sent up to God.com.
Amen.

Written By: Author Unknown

Thank you for being one of these very special people in my little metal box…