Money and Assets Are Not Part of the Potential

 By  A. Zamroni Sw.

(Source: http://www.uangonline.com) 

It is true, money and possessions have an important role and function in our life. However, awareness of the importance of the role and function of money and assets should not make us place them both in the wrong position and position. Nobody argues, money and property are important, but both are actually just media (tools), including if both are linked to the existence of human potential.

In seeing and developing their potential, people are often attached to the role of money and assets. Some people even classify money and assets as part of the potential; or think that money and property are human potential in other forms. Money and assets are seen as covering potential weaknesses. A person who does not have certain potential, as long as he has money and property, he can "buy" or "redeem" the potential that he does not have through negative means, such as bribery and fabrication, so that the potential that he does not actually have is instant and sudden. being he "has".

Such ironic, sad, and embarrassing events often occur in the recruitment of new employees or employees, especially in government / state-owned institutions - sometimes also in BUMN and private companies. Prospective employees / employees who do not have the required qualifications and competencies (potential) can be accepted as employees / employees by paying a certain amount of money or giving certain gratuities (bribes). This is often done intentionally by eliminating other candidates with more qualifications and competencies. Only because of money considerations alone, people who do not have the qualifications and competence are transformed into people who are (as if) superior and potential, and conversely, people who actually have the qualifications and competencies are unfairly affected as people who are (as if) weak and unfair. has potential.

Such deviations occur as a result of misappropriation of the role of money and property on the one hand and the value of human potential on the other. Money and property which are essentially tools are misused into everything, while human potential which should be respected and valued more than money - because this involves human dignity and honor - is treated and placed lower than money and property. Money, which is actually only a means of payment for the sale and purchase of goods and services, has increased its function to become a tool for trading human dignity and destroying human potential. This has happened for decades in Indonesia's modern history. The events took place more massively, systematically, and deeply in the era of the New Order government (for about 32 years) so that even when the era has entered the era of reform as it is today, this bad habit is still very difficult to eradicate.

That is a "trick" that causes a lot of irony and tragedy in our society due to attitudes and behavior that should not be taken in treating money and property on the one hand and looking at human potential on the other. As a result of the misappropriation of the role of money and property, human potential becomes as valuable as goods or services; so easy to buy and sell. As a result of the tradable potential, the potential is not important to be appreciated and respected as a very valuable "treasure" of human property, which must be maintained, maintained and enhanced.

As a consequence, people become indifferent and apathetic to potential - both owned by themselves and others - and lazy or do not feel the need to develop potential. The consideration, of course, is why waste energy, thought, and time in order to develop potential if the potential can be traded in the end? Why bother to hone one's potential to form high competence if it will eventually be pushed aside by the power of money and property? Why use all your power to boost your potential so you can have high qualifications and achievements if you can buy a certain amount of money with high qualifications and achievements?

It is tragic and dangerous if the bad habit of treating money and property in the midst of such potential existence is maintained. If this is the case, then throughout his life people will tend to pursue money and property more than to pay attention to, develop, and increase their potential. And if the pursuit of money and property is carried out without sufficient potential (qualifications and competence), people will obviously experience many difficulties, so they are easily tempted to justify any means. So, what happened then, in the midst of the great excitement of the hunt for money and property, there was a great deal of fraud and crime: theft, mugging, robbery, manipulation and corruption were everywhere.

Therefore, in the midst of this misleading and unhealthy flow and habit, let us return the money-possessions on the one hand and the potential on the other hand to their respective roles, functions and positions. However, money and possessions are not everything. Money and possessions are not an inherent part of potential. Money and assets are only part of the tools or means to develop potential.

For humans, potential is clearly more important and superior to money and property. Potential becomes an inherent part of humans which directly determines the fate and life of humans. First and foremost, humans live and maintain their lives with their potential, not with their money and assets. Even without money and possessions, as long as they can develop and use their potential properly, humans will be able to obtain various means to meet their daily needs, including of course money and assets. On the other hand, with money and assets no matter how much, but not having sufficient potential or potential but unable to utilize and utilize them properly, sooner or later, people will run out of money and assets and then live in poverty and suffer.

With all the potential they have and utilize them properly and correctly, humans have relatively the opportunity and opportunity to achieve all the things they desire or at least most of their desires. Although initially they do not have money and property, as long as they have sufficient potential and use them properly, humans will be able to get money and property. On the other hand, no matter how much money and possessions, humans will never be able to buy their potential, except through deviant ways that violate law, ethics and religion. Potentials can be developed into competencies and qualifications only by learning and practicing tirelessly and giving up. Potential has nothing to do with money and assets. As a tool to support the development of potential, money and assets are sometimes needed only to cover costs, the most important rest is awareness, willingness, and determination to learn and practice tirelessly and hopelessly while continuing to pray.

In seeing and developing our potential, we should not depend on money and assets. If we depend on money and possessions, most of us are very likely to give up before competing in developing our potential: because we do not have money and possessions, it is only at the stage where we are going to start our efforts that we will be sluggish and helpless. As a result of being too fixed and focused on money and possessions, the absence or lack of money and possessions will discourage the spirit to do business. The absence or lack of money and property, whether we realize it or not, becomes an obstacle and a barrier to and in developing potential.

The right attitude in seeing and developing potential depends on the potential itself. This attitude will free us from the influence and traps of money and property –– as well as other supporting factors that are physical and material in nature –– so that in developing our potential we will focus more on concrete efforts to boost our potentials into competences and qualifications. Free from the influence and shadow of money and wealth, we will really think and act for the benefit and benefit of our potential.

However, can we escape from the shadow of money and wealth in developing our potential? Of course, I can. Not a few poor people become big and successful figures who start their potential development efforts without money and assets or with very little money and assets. How do they develop their potential by hanging and wallowing in money and property, while they can hardly eat their daily meals because they don't have money?

Again, money and possessions are not part of potential. In developing our potential, we should not be anchored and dependent on money and assets. If we are stuck and dependent on money and property, our potential will develop following the wild movement of money and property that is erratic for then that potential, very likely, will fade and die. However, by staying focused and depending on the potential itself, the potential will develop into competencies and qualifications so that there is great hope that success will come along. And if success is in your grasp, then money and possessions will "come" by themselves.

(Source: Sadah Siti, http://caraelok.blogspot.com/2017/01/uang-dan-harta-bukan-bagian-dari-p potential.html)