Saya menangis tersedur-sedu sore ini setelah mendengar berita salah seorang sahabat saya di masa kuliah dulu, Dini Mentari, meninggal setelah berhari-hari berjuang karena terinfeksi covid.
Awalnya saya menangis karena sedih kehilangan lagi seorang sahabat. Terakhir saya bertemu dengannya adalah 3 tahun yang lalu, somewhere in 2018. Tidak pernah ada yang menyangka memang berapa lama lagi jatah usia seseorang di dunia ini. Yang bisa kita katakan apabila orang terdekat kita meninggal hanyalah something like, "Who could've thought it was our last moment together", etc. Setelah beberapa lama menangis karena terbawa perasaan sedih kehilangan, tiba-tiba menyelinap dalam hati saya perasaan sedih yang lain, bukan karena kehilangan sahabat.
Since the first time I found out that I contracted covid, I've always had a feeling of comfort that I've been fully vaccinated. I would cheerfully tell people here and there that the symptoms I've got are very mild, thanks to the vaccine. Especially since almost all the symptoms have gone away, I've felt even more comfortable with the fact that I've been fully vaccinated. I was so sure 100% that I didn't have severe symptoms because of the vaccine. I suddenly realized this evening that having been vaccinated or not doesn't have anything to do with the fact that I only had mild symptoms. I didn't have severe symptoms because of Allah's will. Being vaccinated is just one of Allah's ways to manifest His will for me. On the contrary, having been vaccinated or not, it is in His absolute Power too that I would die because of covid. I should be prepared for any possibilities at this point. I should be ready, should Allah has decreed that I would die because of covid. I have to prepare myself to be in a total absolute state of ikhlas. Thus, I shouldn't have the feeling of comfort that I have mild symptoms of covid due to the vaccine I got.