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"Maka berlarilah ia mendahului orang banyak, lalu memanjat pohon ara untuk melihat Yesus yang akan lewat di situ." (Lukas 19:4)

Emmanuel "Manny" Yarbrough pernah merasa minder dengan tubuhnya yang begitu besar. Wajar saja, dengan tinggi 2 meter dan berat badan 350 kg, siapa yang tidak merasa dirinya sebagai orang aneh diantara masyarakat? Akan tetapi, ia tidak mau terus berlarut-larut dalam keterpurukan. Ia memutuskan untuk membuang pikiran negatif tentang dirinya. Ia mulai bangkit dan mencoba untuk menggali potensi yang ada di dalam dirinya. Ia pun mulai mendalami olah raga sumo. Terbukti, olah raga itu sangat cocok dengan tubuhnya yang besar. Setelah bekerja keras dan pantang menyerah, pria asal AS tersebut telah berhasil menjadi juara dunia amatir Sumo, sekaligus menjadi atlet Sumo paling populer di luar Jepang.

Zakheus, si pemungut cukai kaya di Yerikho yang terkenal dengan tubuhnya yang pendek. Namun kita juga ingat bahwa meski pendek, ia adalah orang yang tidak mudah menyerah. Karena begitu ingin melihat Yesus, Alkitab mencatat bahwa ia kemudian melakukan dua hal. Pertama, ia berlari mendahului orang banyak. Kedua, ia memanjat pohon Ara agar dapat melihat-Nya.

Semua orang pasti memiliki kelebihan dan kekurangan di dalam dirinya. Kadang kala, kita sendiri akan lebih mudah melihat kekurangan diri kita dari pada kelebihan yang kita miliki. Demikian halnya, bagi orang lain, kekurangan sesorang seringkali akan lebih mudah terlihat ketimbang kelebihan.

Kesalahan yang sering terjadi adalah kita hanya sekedar melihat kekurangan kita dan berhenti pada menyesali, atau sekedar meminta orang lain untuk memakluminya. Bukan sikap seperti itu yang dimiliki Zakheus. Zakheus tidak protes atau meratapi kondisi tubuhnya, tetapi ia mau bertindak yaitu berlari dan memanjat. Berlari berbicara tentang bertindak lebih cepat. Memanjat adalah untuk berada di tempat lebih tinggi.

Belajar dari Zakheus, jika kita ingin sukses didalam hidup, dibutuhkan lebih dari sekedar menyadari apa kelemahan kita, tetapi terlebih juga menyadari apa kelebihan kita. Melakukan lebih, itulah kunci sukses.

Jangan biarkan kekurangan kita mengurangi keberhasilan kita.

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