"Give me a lever long enough and single-handedly I can lift the world."
Those are the words of Peter Senge, printed on the cover of his Fifth Discipline book.

Dreams
are many, but the strength is very limited, not to mention the time and
all the other resources. It’s not a matter of covering all the need you
need where it is needed at the time it seems to be needed, I suppose.
It takes something much better than that.

My dream has always
been to see the birth of a better society - an utopia, you may say -
through the betterment education: "quality education for all". Through
education, we’ll see greater chances are opened wide for many families,
chances of vertical mobility. We’ll also see that they would have
better economies, thus better health care. With better health care
we’ll also see a better quality of life. With all those in hand, we’ll
achieve a better society for all.

The dreams are for Indonesia.
The means are supposed to be Christian institutions, namely churches
and Christian schools. But there are points of disappointments - lots
of them. It seems clear to me now that to do our best for Indonesia, we
don’t have to begin in Indonesia. We don’t even have to begin with
Indonesia. More effective ways of achieving the dreams are available.
And it’s called leverage.

The same principle applies with the
choice of the vehicle. Grace is abundant. It’s not about the
institutions, it’s about the people. Labels are oftenly misleading, or
even meaningless.

My eyes are widely opened now. It’s not just a
matter of giving the best, all of me, but with the same degree of
importance, it’s also a matter of doing it from the right place at the
right time. The longer the lever, the easier it will be.