Bookworms

wonder why bookworm is called bookworm

once upon a time, a young man went to a most populous city in this world, this city has been the center for global commerce, finance, media, culture, art, fashion, research, education, entertainment and so on you can think for a few decades. he was astonishing by this city environment and trying to understand how in the heck this city could achieved such a great success in developed an advanced civilization compare to most other countries.this city is also the center of international affairs, which a very decision make in this city has a significant impact in this world. therefore this young man traveled around this city to find out the secret behind this city success.

Then he noticed something that maybe important for this success as everywhere he went he saw that most of the people in this city was reading something in their free time. So then, he wondered is this the secret behind this city achievements?

the people in this city always using their time to do something beneficial for their future. Means that they are investing their time for their future while reading the book. so this culture and what materials they are reading maybe are the factors why today they have a major influenced in most field: science, politic economy and etc.

Then He remembered something In the Quran, the first verse of surah al-Alaq: "Read! In the Name of your Lord, Who has created (all that exists)". in this verse, the god Himself told human to read first before worship Him. This is because by reading you could gain knowledge to understand Islam and Him better and to develop ourselves to be a great human. you could not worship Him without knowing a thing about Him rite. So this is also could be applied to the civilization. you could not develop your civilization if you don't have any knowledge. so read is very crucial to develop human capital.

this young man is then trying to compare this culture with his people. yeah there are people who reading while taking a train or waiting something. & there is also a program organized by government to promote this wonderful culture. but, he noticed that the different is, in his country most of the young age people reading comics or light materials. which is not a material that could provide a significant knowledge for the development of human capital.

most teenager in his country love to read comics and love story/novel instead use their time to read a good materials such as a material about economics, world affairs and so on. compare to the most successful people in this world, they are using their time to read a stuff that can trigger their mind to think or beneficial for them.

so, he can conclude that, to be a successful people and to contribute for the development of the family,country and religion one must make reading as his/her culture or habit so that we could achieve and acquire new knowledge to developed a human capital.

it all can be started from a little thing. one can try to read the most interesting topic he/she likes: economy, global affairs, politic,humanity, psychology, history and so on for 5minutes or 1 article, then try to increase the time used and articles read for every day or week. after that, try to read other topics too. for those who realize the important of reading and try to change, the man really like to recommend TIME or reader's digest as a material to read. this two are really good materials with various topic that can broaden your mind.

PS: Use your time wisely by read because it is scarce and it could not be reversed.