My Umbrella is your umbrella

Nowadays, everyone supposed to know an umbrella which help us when it’s raining but do you know about what can we learn from this simple thing? 

After spending a short time in thinking about this, finally i summarize my thought into the three lessons from umbrella that simple but really matter in my life. First, the one who will protect you from a drizzle or even heavy rain without demanding anything. The second is the tool that helps us to stand again after we are facing a toughly situation that intends to knock us to down. The last is the tool that can we use to be shared while it’s raining .Talking about those simple lesson makes me remember what the lesson that i’ve got through when i’m in GMB, with GMB, and for GMB. 

In GMB, they are my super umbrella who protect me from energy negative so i would never that makes me think adversely. Then with GMB, it gives his hand for getting me back to the real energetic of me when i got desperate or even lacking of spirit. The last i got many values of GMB that consist of share in diversity, start from yourself, living beyond yourself and volunteerism that i intend to spread it to my enviroment because perhaps this is simple thing that i can do for my lovely GMB . 

​All in all I’m really grateful that choose this super strong and wide umbrella that could change my life better than before and day by day i feel this umbrella is automatically set up in my mindset to do more and more in my society. I remember simple proverb that said don’t forget to bring your umbrella where ever you go before the rain comes which means don’t forget your values and share it holistically to your enviroment by giving a hand to someone who need it. Thereby, to end this simple thought i realize that sometimes we could learn big things from small things even it’s only an umbrella and I found this lesson in GMB, with GMB and For GMB..The last is I proud to say Gerakan Mari Berbagi is my second family who protect, teach and also support me whenever i got problem


Ivan Hartanto
Participant of GMB Homestay Program 2016​