Underestimated Others

Have you ever seen a caterpillar? Each person would be disgusted to see it. With the color white, slimy, dirty and ugly. But, in life .... caterpillar can walk to the top of the plants to get food. In all his shortcomings, he was able to eat a lot of leaves in a day. Day after day, week after week and passed. He did not care and continued to fight for his life. Until the level of life, where she became a beautiful butterfly. He is flying and everyone who sees it will be impressed with the beautiful wings.

As our lives, sometimes people underestimate us. Insulting us and consider us lower. But we should not hate them or revenge. We need not care what they say. They are not necessarily better than us.

We make them is to whip us into shape a better person than them. Currently you are caterpillars for them. But I'm sure you'll be a butterfly for them someday. You are a special creation of God.

SPIRIT MAKES YOU COME TO SUCCESS .....
By. Florentina S

BATAK MYTH FROM INDONESIA

BORU NATUMANDI HUTABARAT

This girl always seclusion by her parents because her face is quite beautiful like an angel. In his day, is believed to be the prettiest girl among the girls in Silindung (Tarutung). Not surprisingly, many men are crazy about him. But according to the story the girl and her family descendants who are still alive last married to a snake.

Starting at the boru Natumandi diusianya already grown up, have their daily work as a petenun ulos. In a special place provided by their parents, every day The boru Natumandi more often alone while weaving, loneliness was not because of his desire to escape from the village girls her age, but because his parents was the memingit being too dear.

One of the villagers Hutabarat Hutabarat Lomo (51) who claimed a family lineage with Si Boru Natumandi recently said that former hometown Si Boru Natumandi is in the hamlet of Banjar Nahor, Hutabarat village, but the village was later moved about 500 meters of the former village, and now called Banjar village Nauli.


Lomo is said Hutabarat, that of the three children of the King of Nabarat (Hutabarat) among others Sosunggulon, Hapoltahan and Pohan, Si Boru Natumandi said to be derived from the offspring Hutabarat Pohan. The descent Meanwhile two other Natumandi boru L Hutabarat (76) tells us, that he did not know exactly the real story on Si Boru Natumandi, he said there are several versions of the legend of this beautiful girl.


Here's the story of an unknown Siboru Natumandi L Hutabarat. One day at noon, Si Boru Natumandi particularly busy weaving hut, suddenly a large snake imitation to him, allegedly saying magic snake that surnamed Simangunsong came from the island of Samosir. As the snake was trying to approach the boru Natumandi, he actually saw the figure of the serpent was a mighty man, and handsome. At that moment, the snake tried to seduce and persuade Si Boru Natumandi to marry him.


Seeing the looks and stout snake imitation, the boru Natumandi The proposal was finally accepted, after a courtship received, the snake then invite Si Boru Natumandi to go towards the direction of the river and past Aek Situmandi baths everyday boru Natumandi The River Aek Hariapan. From there, they left a message to parents Si Boru Natumandi by sowing rice husk from the weave down to Liang Si Boru Natumandi now. Messages at once the sign was meant to be Mr / Ms and all the family to know that he has gone to be married to a man, which is meaningful to husk rice husk where it ends, that's where Si Boru Natumandi located.


In the afternoon, when her parents came home from cultivation, they began to suspect saw their only daughter no weave in place and also not home, her parents finally decided to inform people around to do a search.


Seeing rice husks are scattered like an endless line of sign and Si Boru Natumandi discovery until the next day, finally sprinkling bran on the banks of the river and ended disebuah Aek Situmandi burrow / cave which is only about 500 meters from my hometown Natumandi Si Boru Boru is believed that Si Natumandi married to a snake.


Yet another version of the story, it turns out The boru Natumandi not marry a snake that surnamed Simangunsong, but the snake is actually leaving the boru Natumandi disebuah stretch just not inhabited.


Once abandoned, Si Boru Natumandi constantly crying because the snake had been fooled, but when it came and approached a shepherd, the shepherd was also fascinated to see the beauty of body and beauty, then sipengembala him to want to marry him. It is said that in this version, the shepherd is said SINAGA surname.


The shepherd then brought to the island of Si Boru Natumandi SAMOSIR to marry. Later generations of the descendants and the shepherd Natumandi Boru Sinaga surname is in Samosir, the offspring is said to have tried to find the origin of the boru Natumandi (To search for a bone / uncle). Effort begins with the crossing of Lake Toba with a wooden boat to the city by bringing some food Tarutung typical Batak peoples. But when he got in Sipoholon (City of Prior Tarutung currently) no descendants Hutabarat Pohan dwelt there, from the descendants of King Nabolon Donda King.


When asked about the group Si Boru Natumandi, descendants of Raja Raja Nabolon Donda living in Sipoholon readily admit that they are the descendants of the boru Natumandi, and then the food brought direct descendant of the boru Natumandi they have received to the celebration event finally got underway. Whereas boru Natumandi The actual descent was the second son of the King of the Hutabarat Pohan Nagodang hitherto still living in the hamlet of Banjar Nauli.


After the celebration event is done, the group Si Boru Natumandi descendants also went back to Samosir to tell the news to the family. But when the boat across Lake Toba in which they were submerged until everything in the boat died.


The next version, Si Boru marry Natumandi official said, according to an L Hutabarat, because ever since she was a little girl never seen an urn made of wood where the dowry Natumandi Boru Boru SIMATUPANG brother home. At that time, boru L Hutabarat Simatupang told that the urn is the boru Natumandi dowry.


Urn is said to have its own history, in which the contents of the urn is just filled with turmeric that will someday be turned into pieces / gold bullion, it is given and confirmed boru Natumandi The husband's family who have supernatural powers, and then his parents were asked not to open the jar was before seven days and seven nights. However, the parent Si Boru Natumandi breaking demand.


After his parents opened the jar, it is already starting to change turmeric becoming pure gold bullion. Also experienced misfortune The boru Natumandi parents at the time. The age when parents move boru Natumandi ujur, eventually they hoard gold in Dolok Siparini (Still in the Village Hutabarat) fear will become a bone of contention for his younger brothers and his family (from the man) sometime in the future, because many of his family who knows about the story of this jar.


Currently, the location of Cave Liang Si Boru Natumandi serve as one of the attractions by Regency Taput. Many people visit this place to ask for fortune or anything else. It proved to be in locations where burrows Si Boru Natumandi are piles of offerings in the form of cigarettes puntungan puntungan-arranged basis and some betel leaf petals. Unfortunately, the arrangement is less attraction to the attention of the district government of North Tapanuli. Because around this location, there is still no good arrangement attractions, and there are many caves in the area of ​​waste.