Why Should We Learn?
Learning is a way of life. I don’t know what to do without knowledge and experience. Someone said knowledge is light. Some others said experience is the best teacher. I do agree with those statements. Because knowledge has lightened me up when I broke down. Experience has taught me about attitude. Both are beneficial to my life so that I decided to be a lifelong learner.
It starts here. Several years ago I lost my excitement of learning. Hmm, I didn’t know whether it is important or not. I don’t even like to read books or articles. ‘Let the life flowing like water’ is my favorite quote at that time. Unfortunately, it didn’t help me a lot. My life flowed without a serious learning program. I became unproductive.
One day, I came to a library. I walked toward the bookshelf. My eyes rolled from one bookshelf to another bookshelf. To be honest, I didn’t know what to read. I was not a bookworm at all. And then … I stopped my body in front of a chosen bookshelf. My hand tried to grab one book entitled “Tuhan inilah proposal hidupku” by Jamil Azzaini. I read it slowly page per page. In short, I decided to borrow and read it intensely at home.
You know what, that book changed my perspective on learning. Mr. Jamil taught me about life. Now I realize that we have to prepare for our future and become an expert. I knew that life has tons of knowledge. Reading is a kick-starter to widen the horizon of knowledge.
After I finished the book, I suddenly was addicted to reading other inspirational books. I found that life is a long journey. Learning is not only inside the class but also outside the class. I’m interested in learning about life.
Jamil Azzaini said, “Lead yourself before you lead others.”
Ya, we have to lead ourselves first. Here, I want to lead myself in a learning path. Growing and become a lifelong learner. Then everyone could be my teacher because of their knowledge or experience.
As I said before that learning is a way of life. I won’t stop to learn. I won’t stop to ask. I won’t stop reading books because it is like food, like nutrition, like a supplement. We can consume it little by little. Because we need more knowledge. We will experience the ups and downs in life. It means we have to prepare for our future by learning more seriously. I mean learning about life.
Are you ready to learn?
