'Be Yourself', is a simple expression, easy to say but hard to do, even by students. Becoming yourself or 'Be Yourself' is not easy, because it takes a long time and it is not something instant. These words were presented by Trustha Rembaka from Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta in the Mentoring Period for new members of PMKRI Yogyakarta (29/10/2022). It is Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta's commitment as student service to increase student capacity and to strengthen networks among student organizations.
Trustha started the session by dividing twenty students into groups to introduce themselves and share their potencies. Some of them came from East Nusa Tenggara, West Papua, Papua, Sumatra, Maluku, Kalimantan, and Sulawesi. Everyone is required to be themselves with all their weaknesses and strengths, as well as being the answer for others. However, not easy for everyone to be themselves, because various factors influence even from the closest environment, namely family, education, and society. It could be that they do not directly educate how to be themselves, but it is often unavoidable ‘bring down’ words came that made pessimistic and doubtful. As a result, feelings of inferiority arise, comparing oneself to others and fear of 'what people say' that triggers rejection of one's condition.
Starting from the Scriptures, Genesis 1:31, So God saw everything that He had made, and it was very good indeed. Participants recalled and tried to believe that their existence is very good and there should be no doubt that they have something special. There are stages being yourself, including; 1) knowing yourself and accepting yourself, then finding your strengths and expressing them, in this case, someone can find out by taking a personality test and asking for feedback from other trusted people, 2) identifying negative perceptions about yourself and trying to eliminate them, then to replace them with positive words and build optimism. 3) having good things to do, that are called by the heart and do them wholeheartedly, 4) not being easy to give up but being tough on the challenges because there is always a way out.
Related to PMKRI's values of caring for others, humanity, and universality, Trustha recalled Mother Teresa's words “Stay where you are. Discover your own Calcutta. Find the sick, the suffering, and the lonely, right where you are, in your own home and your own family, at your home and your workplace and your school. You can find Calcutta all over the world if you have the eyes to see. Everywhere, wherever you go, you find people who are unwanted, unloved, uncared for, simply rejected by society, completely forgotten, completely left alone.” The message reminded participants to be themselves through self-actualization that responds to the reality that is happening around them.
Furthermore,
as self-actualization, participants were asked to find the connectedness
between themselves and the knowledge they learned on campus with people who had
difficulties. Several participants tried to express this, such as Jefri from
Manggarai who studied law and would help educate the public about the law, for
example making a legal complaint to the police. Meri, a student from Sorong
would help children in her hometown learn to read and write. This approach is a
practical application for students with the knowledge they learn
to have a connection with reality that
exists in society. The concept is in line with Stube HEMAT's vision of
realizing awareness, especially for young people and students, to understand
the problems around them. Finally, be a student knowing how
to be ‘yourself’ through self-actualization. ***
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