There is no "Stop" for Studying

 

A. Zamroni Sw.

Learn (https://www.suarasurabaya.net) 

O young man, if you cannot bear the fatigue of learning, you must endure the bitterness of ignorance. (Phythagoras)

"Learn" is a very common word in our lives. However, the word "learn" is never boring to mention, read, and hear. Learning will also be sincere and happy to continue (practiced) if we realize ourselves that we are creatures full of weaknesses and shortcomings.

Learning is not only the duty of students and students who are studying in education. Learning is not only the obligation of teachers and lecturers to gain additional insight and knowledge as provisions for teaching in front of students and students. Learning is also not fully the responsibility of bureaucrats, state officials and representatives of the people to read and capture people's aspirations in an effort to create the right policies.

Learning is our duty as humans. Learning is our duty as caliph in the world. Learning is our responsibility as weak and often negligent beings. Learning is a necessity for us as foolish beings who love to persecute and commit futile actions.

Learn learn and learn. Learning is a process that has no final word. Learning is a tradition that must be preserved. Learning is an activity that humans are always obliged to do --- no matter what their age, whatever their job, wherever they are, whatever the time is, and whatever the circumstances are --- as a way to continually minimize their imperfections.

Learning knows no age. Learn to never give up. Learning does not recognize gender, ethnicity, religion, class, race, and national boundaries.

Lifelong learning; that's the principle. Human weaknesses and shortcomings require us not to set a deadline for learning. Human ignorance and carelessness require us to negate the word "stop" in learning. Human greed and greed require us not to know the word "give up" in learning.

Every corner of the earth can be a place of study. Not only schools and campuses, other places store a lot of knowledge, lessons, or wisdom to become a learning arena: libraries, Islamic boarding schools, places of worship, homes, offices, companies, museums, stations, terminals, highways, markets, parks, rice fields, fields, kebuh, forests, rivers, lakes, beaches, sea, hills, mountains, and so on. The stomach and surface of the earth hold so much knowledge and secrets of natural wisdom that humans will never finish learning.

Even the dirtiest thing and the most uninhabitable place for living things in this universe contains many lessons for humans. In a holy place, we will learn how not to fall into defilement. From dirty things, we will get knowledge on how to keep clean. In a hot place, we will learn how to be grateful for coolness. From the cold, we will know how to be warm. In dangerous places, we will become clever at taking a precautionary attitude. From the field of things, we can be skilled at how to avoid narrowness. In a dark place, we can find out how to make a lamp. From things that are dry and arid, we can learn to be adept at making a beautiful garden or fertile land for planting. And so on.

Anything can be a learning object and any place can be a space for learning. During our life, actually we never stop learning. Learning tirelessly and despair about anything, anywhere, anytime, will bring us to the end of a meaningful life, when we can no longer learn because God has set a deadli