Nama : Sirli Fitriani
Asal Provinsi : Banten
Tema yang dipilih : My Dream and Passion to Create a Better
World
Judul : I’m Excited to Learn and Grow
“I’m Excited to Learn and
Grow”
Assalamu’alaikum Wr. Wb
Good afternoon everyone.
Greeting to all of the judges,
all of AIYEP Delegates alumni, all of participant and everyone.
I’m Sirli Fitriani from
Indonesia University of Education Serang Campus.
Previously, I was very
grateful to be able to take part in an English speech contest which was
organized by AIYEP Delegates. I love discussing and speaking in public, but
sometimes I feel so nervous. And this is the first time I entered an online English
speech contest. I hope you enjoy.
On this occasion, I chose My Dream and Passion to Create a Better
World as a theme. Because in my opinion, this is quite an important thing
for us to discuss. I tried to interpret this theme and finally I found an
appropriate title is “I’m Excited to
Learn and Grow.”
Since childhood, if I have
hopes and dreams, I always write them down. For me, this is very important so
that I can always remember, and I can always measure the extent and what I have
to do to make it happen. Being a teacher was my dream since I was little. I
really like things related to education. I really want, someday I can become a
quality teacher who is able to produce superior Indonesian human resources. So
that later it will be a long-term investment for the advancement of
civilization, especially in Indonesia.
Ir. Soekarno once famously said that, "Reach
your ambition as high as the skies. Dream it as high as the skies. If you fall, you are going to fall
among the stars." Perhaps,
this phrase is already familiar to us, Indonesian people. Yeah, his passion in
pursuing his dreams at such a young age should set us an example.
I’m very sure, everyone must have a dream. Whether
it's a simple dream or a very big dream. Indeed, when we have a dream, we are
living. Don’t stop at dreams, but we must also move to reach our dreams. So, the
question is, are we only dreaming? But there is no meaningful manifestations?
With dreams, we will have
the power to achieve our hopes. It’s like a booster so we want to get up and
move forward. When we have dreams, we must also include passion as a form of
our spirit. So, where do we start from? In my opinion we should start from
changing our minds.
Everything starts from our
mind. When we think positively, then we will also get positive energy so that
we can do and respond to a thing well. Vice versa, if we think negatively, in
achieving our dreams, we will also be filled with worry about failure or other
things that make us afraid to dream.
I’m excited to learn and
grow. Whatever it is, I will try as much as possible to be able to realize my
dreams. In the process, surely we will meet with the name of failure and
success. This is normal. About failure or success, the most important thing
we've tried. Trying to do the best, trying to fight the fear that is in us, trying
to break the limits, trying to give and spread goodness, not only to ourselves
but to our neighbors, society, even giving a better thing for this world.
The dream is lulling,
sometimes it makes us trapped in fantasy when there is no movement. Will only
be a wish, if there isn’t passion to make it a reality. We know that this
universe gives so many valuable lessons for us. We must be able to take the
wisdom that is in it. Don't waste our lives. Dream while you can dream, then
get up and go step by step until we can get what we dream of.
Make our lives meaningful,
for the people closest to us, our environment, even if we are able to create
something so that the world will be better. Make this world proud because of
our presence. Don't let our existence or not exist in this world make no
difference. Hopefully with the dreams that we realize can have an impact to
create a better world. Maybe enough from me. Thank you.
Wassalamu’alaikum Wr.Wb
