Make A Life!

We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.
Winston Churchill

Little babies just born into this world are a perfect example of selfishness in the highest order but theirs is pardonable. At least they don’t have any sense yet enough to know that others are to be considered. All they ever know or want is to collect and collect until you no longer have any left and yet they will not want to hear of that. Theirs is, just provide.

Many of us are like babies or should I say worse off. My argument is that we have grown enough to know that others should be considered in what ever action we take. Yet all we ever do, have continued to do and will most likely continue to do is to take from this life without ever considering giving something back. There is actually a greater fulfillment in giving than in taking. This many have never realized. If you haven’t too, try do something for someone who will never ever be able to repay you. Give yourself to a worthy cause and see how accomplished you will feel.

Consider the electricity that we now enjoy, communication of all kinds, transportation systems, advances in medicine etc. They were not introduced by angels but by men and women like you and me. Nothing was seriously extraordinary about them except the fact that they had a burning desire to give humanity something to cheer.

You can however never give to life if you don’t discover what your purpose is. It must be something definite which will cause you to focus. Concentration on a single task brings about easy fulfillment and a great sense of accomplishment.

Once you have discovered that purpose, dig for every information about how you to go about it. Do not leave anything to chance. Dig for it like you would for gold. Be very diligent in this as failure to do this might just be your Achilles’ heel.

Plan your execution now that you have knowledge on the purpose. Take time out to utilize every little bit of information to your advantage. You must get yourself organized for proper execution of the plan of actions.

Do not expect everything to go so smoothly despite the planning because most time you just might have over- looked on tiny detail and of course you have to be open to accept failure and learn from them. The Thomas Edison story is a great challenge.

On the whole, I believe everyone has a quota to contribute to life and failure to do so means that you have sent your contribution to the grave where it will be of no benefit to anybody. Have it at the back of your mind that you don’t want to die ashamed of yourself. Posterity should speak well of you.