Life is only once try to make it more meaningful.

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Living without principle will make us influenced by those around us. Without direction and goals to achieve. "Live once, live meaningfully" A life motto that we really want to achieve in life before the end of our life.

Where do you want to study further? What do you want to be next? what job do you want

A question that may still be a mystery to most of us, especially students who will soon be living their post-college lives

The question is actually very important, because it may happen that the postgraduate life will be the longest compared to the life of studying from elementary school to college. One can even say that one's success or failure in life can be seen from one's success in experiencing life after college. Of course we want to be the best choice at that time.

But it is undeniable that the fact is that most students initially answered the question that after college they just want to get a job with a fixed salary and the necessities of life are fulfilled, nothing more. Is this like the best life? Is this kind of life what God loves most? Can such a life be a savior in the afterlife?

Muhammad Rasulullah SAW said:

“…The best of people are those who are most helpful to their fellow man…

The above hadith shows that people are encouraged to always do good to others and other creatures. Human existence is actually determined by his usefulness to others. Is he useful to others or a parasite to others? Such a life is the best place to get as many best practices as possible, to contribute to the best spread of benefits so that you will be happy on the day of reckoning.

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In the post-campus world, we can divide it into three categories in contributing based on the 3-sector theory, namely:

• Government sector (government),
• Private sector (business)
• Community institutions sector (non-governmental organizations)

As the government sector is the most central and has considerable influence in life, policy makers can use their authority to be able to provide a fairly wide beneficial impact. However, this sector is still partly filled with irresponsible people.

Good leaders still exist, but they are few and far between. One reason is that many honest good people are reluctant to do politics. They prefer to seek safety by engaging in other sectors, so as if they forget that government needs their participation, politics needs them. Because if good people are reluctant to fill political positions, then bad people will fill political positions.

The second sector is the private sector or business (profit). Without business, it is certain that the economy can grind to a halt, because it is business that shifts and combines the natural factors of production, labor and capital to produce the goods and services that the community needs and creates jobs for them.

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Business therefore plays a very important role in the economy. This sector can have a good beneficial impact if it is not filled by the selfish and greedy. Since the business sector is focused on profit, it is not unusual for people in this sector to feel satisfied with profit and increasingly hungry for wealth.

The third sector is the non-governmental organization or non-governmental organization or agency or institution that moves dynamically because it is based on non-profit. This sector focuses on community development with specific goals. The direction of the movement also tends to be nobler, consisting of those who want to contribute more through community service. This sector is usually filled with people who want to give back to the community and do their best to make the community stronger.

From the above sectors, public, private and the third sector. All three can be used as a good place to contribute, to become a useful person for many people. The most important thing is that we can use our role for the benefit of many people and always have a spirit that is excited to help those around us. And everything was done with sincerity to serve God. Do not let selfish and irresponsible people rule these sectors.

Man cannot serve God by not serving man, God dwells in the poor man's hut

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The above quote can describe those who use their lives to serve God by contributing to the benefit of their fellow man.

“Most people live life on the path that has been prepared for them. Sometimes brave people appear. People who face obstacles that are deliberately created in front of them. People who are aware that independence is a struggle. A struggle that cannot be understood except by those who are willing to sacrifice.”

Poetry of Waimital Kasim, by Taufik Ismail

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Those who are willing to leave the comfort zone of personal life fight with the poor to fight ignorance, backwardness and improve the welfare of people. The nation's founding fathers did this through their respective sectors, sharing and leveraging knowledge for the surrounding community. That is the best choice, the best way of life to serve God, not to serve lust or worldly comforts.