I did think the same thing. I’m just another person.
Be Better than Money
Until my Dean speech in my graduation ceremony, he said “Kalian lulusan Fakultas Ekonomi Universitas Indonesia. Satu-satunya universitas negeri yang menyandang nama negara. Sudah seharusnya kalian bertanggung jawab atas masa depan negara dan tidak hanya ingin untuk sekedar menjadi kaya!!” translation (You are all Faculty of Economics University of Indonesia graduates. The one and only public university that bear the nation name. You all must be responsible for the nation’s future and not just want to be a rich person!!”)
Really a slap on my face….and become my motivation to do everything in my life.
At the end, when nothing left to support your life and no person wont take order for you anymore, you can’t eat money, you can’t drink diamonds, you can’t sleep on gold bars, and numbers on your bank account couldn’t do something for you; then what??
So be better than money!!
Work as if you help people, develop the world, and contribute to the society. Hoping no return for that. Think that you will earn money for your loved one, families, help to distribute it to unfortunates, not to richer yourself with no other lifetime goal. Then you’ll be happy and life seems so easy.
I’ve done that, and it’s true!
The feeling of become such a help.
The feeling of contributing something to society.
The feeling of developing my nation.
Make my life count!!
Make me count!!
You just have one life, so live it! for you and other people. not only just for bank notes, coins, amount in bank accounts, diamonds, golds, stocks, which actually do nothing for you when they’re not scarce anymore.
Cherio,
I.R
