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Playing Games: Good or Bad?

do you like playing games? How many hours do you use to play games? So that you can be a wise game players, you need to know the good and the bad games.

Most of the scientists declared the game a bad influence for children. Too often games can cause addiction or addictive taste. This attitude, of course, raises a number of bad behavior. For example, children learn to be lazy and forget about their everyday activities.

Gaming addiction also affects the health of children. Particularly healthy eyes, bones, and muscles. Usually, children play games for hours in a sitting position. If done continuously, bone and muscle development of the child to be imperfect. In addition, children's eye health also affected. Play games for hours without stopping, making eye continues observed on the monitor screen. This can create a myopic eye.

According to the site Combo, Friday (26 / 6), play games for a long time can make a child obese. Children who just focus on the game, not free to move. Fats in the body does not burn well. If the game play time was limited to children, obese children may experience.

Play games not be bad forever. If the playing time is limited, the game could also have positive impact for children. One of them can enhance creative ability and imagination of children.

Sophisticated modern game also will not make children obese. For example when playing the Wii. All members of the body will move when playing games. Energy expenditure while gaming is almost the same with exercise.

Playing games can also improve knowledge of children, you know. That is if the game is a game played by the education pack. Online games for example artificially Indonesian Archipelago. The launch of this game well received from the Government of Indonesia. The proof is a game character, the King of Majapahit Hayam Wuruk, appeared on the screen as the inauguration week Creative Product of Indonesia in Jakarta, Friday (26 / 6).

Well, the message for you, should limit the time for playing games. Do not let more than 2 hours a day. And it's good, choose the appropriate type of game for your age.

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Diam

Oleh : Ust M Arifin Ilham

Puasa adalah diam. Tentu bukan sembarang diam, bukan takut kebenaran, bukan karena bodoh, tetapi diam bernilai ibadah karena sedang berpuasa. Kalau diamnya saja bernilai ibadah, apalagi kalau beraktivitas ibadah dan beramal saleh, membaca Alquran, menuntut ilmu, sedekah, mencari nafkah yang halal, sampai berdakwah. Maka, sungguh pantaslah mereka berpuasa mendapat nilai berlipat ganda dari Allah. Subhanallah.

Diamnya orang mukmin adalah tafakur dan tadabbur; Dari mana aku ? Di mana aku ? Kemana aku akhirnya ? Rotasi dan evolusi ala mini dalam miliaran galaksi yang mencengangkan para kosmolog, renungkan inilah membuat orang beriman itu bersujud di haribaan Allah.

Allah SWT berfirman dalam surat Qaf ayat 18, : ”Tidaklah berkata satu kata kecuali dicatat oleh Malaikat Raqib dan Atid“. Rasulullah SAW pun mengingatkan, “Barang siapa beriman kepada Allah dan Hari Akhirat hendaklah berkata baik, benar, jujur, sopan, santun, mulia, kalau tidak maka lebih baik diam.” Karena itu aktivitas lisan orang mukmin hanya dua, kalau tidak bias bicara baik maka diam, tetapi kalau bias bicara baik itu lebih baik dari pada diam.

Sungguh tepat sikap Siti Maryam menghadapi fitnah dengan diam, “Sesungguhnya aku telah bernazar puasa- berdiam untuk Tuhan yang Mahakuasa maka aku tidak berbicara dengan siapapun pada hari ini.” Ada waktu untuk bicara , ada tempatnya untuk bicara, bahkan kadang tidak hanya untuk menyampaikan tetapi yang lebih penting adalah sampai, karena itu ayat-ayat Alquran menggambarkan ucapan orang yang takut kepada Allah;

- qaulan sadiidan – ucapan tegas (lihat QS Al Azhab (33) : 70)

- qaulan tsaqiilan – ucapan berbobot (lihat QS Al Muzzamml (73) : 5)

- qaulan layyinan – ucapan lembut (lihat QS Al Thaahaa (20) : 44, dan

- qaulan ma’ruufan - ucapan baik, sopan (liahat QS An – Nisaa (4) : 5).

Sungguh betapa banyak orang yang diam-diam itu tatkala berbicara mengagumkan karena ia berdiam, mendengar, merenung, baru berbicara. Subhanallah.

(Sumber : Republika, tanggal 3 September 2008 / 3 Ramadhan 1429 H)

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