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Practicing kindness to others not only enables us to make a difference but also makes us happier and  stimulates others to perform kindness. COVID 19 hit the world by surprise and is quickly spreading like wildfire across the globe. Up to the time this article was written, it has been infecting more than 3 million people, causing more than 200,000 deaths, and sending billions of people into the stay at home or lockdown to help 'flatten the curve' of infections. And since it is a new virus, we now have only relatively limited information about it and there is no yet vaccine or preventative treatment for it. Having limited knowledge and seeing its devastating effects, it is understandable why people are anxious and frightening.  What can we do in such a critical moment? Should we just let our governments do everything? No! Precisely while facing a radical crisis and when survival is threatened by an insurmountable problem that we have a great opportunity to do good to make...

Image Credit:  https://web.facebook.com/DakwahMuslimah Mudik is possibly the greatest ritual conducted in Indonesia. Derived from the Javanese term “mulih dilik” meaning ‘to go home for a while”, the term “mudik” refers to the activity when migrants or migrant workers return to their hometown or home village or family ancestral home , during or before major holidays. The Muslims do it in Lebaran  (Eid al-Fitr), the Christians in Christmas, and the Hindu on Galungan and Kuningan sacred days . However, since the majority of Indonesians are Muslim, mudik becomes particularly associated with returning to one's hometown during the Eid al-Fitr. Mudik essentially takes place in various Indonesian urban centers. However, it massively occurs in Greater Jakarta, the largest urban agglomeration in Indonesia. In 2019 , around 33.4 million of Indonesians returned to their hometowns, and 14.9 million of them were the Jakartans who left Jakarta by various means of transportation...

"Humans cannot expect us (superheroes) to get out of the movie screen to save the world. But humans can take our commitment, strengths, courage, perseverance, compassion for the weak, and synergetic skills (like the one we show in 'Infinity War' movie) to inspire themselves to develop the same in themselves.  I believe, it is through that inspiration that superheroes can help people to end  any problem that threatens humanity." 8 April 2020 Dear Parlin, Do you know how grateful I am to receive your letter ? Never had I expected to receive such a warm and encouraging letter. It becomes particularly special because it was sent by a friend from Indonesia, a marvelous great country consisting of more than 18,300 islands, more than 600 ethnicities, countless natural landscapes, gorgeous long beaches, majestic mountains, and rich and glorious cultural heritage. Your letter made me excited to plan to visit your country and stay for some time in Bal...

Dear Superman, Greetings from Indonesia. I don't have your address in  Metropolis, USA. I also do not have your email address. So I decided to post  it  on this blog. By so doing, it will travel  all over the world even faster than your remarkable super speed. and  reach you soon. I wrote this letter on the seventeenth day of staying at home, a national call in my country meant to prevent further spread of the highly contagious disease caused by COVID 19. This preventive action seems very effective to help reduce the spread of the lethal virus. I hope the 'stay, work, and pray at home' action can stop the pandemic soon. It has been causing so many devastating psychological, social, educational, and economic effects. Superman, my friend (May I?). Do you know how COVID 19 pandemic has seized much of our happiness? You know that we, Indonesians, love to gather with our family members, neighbors, relatives, and friends (of various circles, ...