Everyone born on planet earth leaves behind one indelible lesson for others to learn, out of only two.
1) A lesson which serves as an inspiration for others to follow, or
2) A lesson which serves as a warning for others to avoid.
The pertinent question is, “Which one are we going to leave behind?”
We have but one life to live and we better live it well because if we don’t do anything with our lives now and make no effort to make it better, we may be living in regret for the rest of our lives. It would be of no use then, to complain and grumble about how messed up our lives are.
Most of us plan our meals and our recreation but fail to plan the details of our lives. This planning will only be possible if we discover our lives’ purpose. Those with a purpose in life are those who will be able to make a difference in their lives.
Some live their lives sitting down before the television and computer, living their existence through them and then blame everyone and everything else for the failures and disappointments in their lives. These are aimless people who just drift from one day to the next. They will be in for a shock one day when they find themselves at a dead end.
When one blames someone or something for what had happened to him, he is in fact proclaiming to the whole world that he himself is a loser. Yes, he has lost the control of his life to those persons or situations whom/which he cast his blame upon. He is saying that the other person or thing or situation is in control of him and his affairs. Blaming will not get us anywhere.
Having a purpose is like having a steering wheel in your car. The steering wheel steers the car and gets it going to its destination. Likewise our purposes steer our lives and get our lives going to where we want to go.
We should not just be happy with living ordinary lives. We must desire to live extraordinary lives with a purpose. How do we realize our lives’ purpose? Well, we are all endowed with skills and talents and we all have some interests and desires which we want to fulfill. Now if we would only merge our skills and talents with our interests and desires, we will be able to discover our lives’ true purpose which will enable us to live extraordinary lives with passion. Then and only then will we be able to live a life of inspiration and not a life of warning. For that to happen we must work towards it; we must perspire (ie: work for it) before we can inspire.
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