You can hardly believe we have 2 months left for the end of 2012! What have you done with the past 10 months? Were you able live a life of quality or better still a fulfilled life?
The essence of quality in life is to be reasonably happy and at peace with God, yourself and humanity as much as possible. For the quality of life is not dependent in the abundance one possesses, but in how much happiness and peace one is able to harness from the accessible resources around us.
A fulfilled life, however is one notch up. It is life that is able to positively impact the lives of others, directly or indirectly even in an infinitesimal measure.
A fulfilled life may mean sharing your resources outside your personal needs, but the results will transcend your lifetime. We hardly remember the richest man during the Church reformation (1510-1525), but many recall Martin Luther the German monk who stood up to challenge the notion that the rich can buy forgiveness from the the Church ( indulgences) , or the non-violent campaigns of Mahatma Gandhi (1893-1947) and Martin Luther King Jnr,(1955-1968) but these icons were not wealthy (in terms of money) but they have impacted lives in ways that billions of dollars can not quantify. Martin Luther the Monk had the conviction to confront the all-powerful Catholic church (1517) when he was just 34 years old. Mahatma Gandhi founded the Natal Indian Congress (1894) when he was 25 years old. Martin Luther King jnr began to lead the American civil rights movement with the Montgomery bus boycott (1955) when he was 26 years old. Things don't change when good people do nothing. Change does not necessarily need to be violent. These are three examples among many, where people were able to engender non-violent revolutionary that have changed the world for good.
You can have quality in your present circumstances. You can positively impact others where you are. For there are people who have less resources but are happier and more peaceful than you are. People with less influence and clout are positively influencing more lives around them than you are. That means you also can do it. Dithering (indecisiveness), laziness and procrastination will steal time from you if you let them. And in this life, time is all we have that once lost is never regained. If you're reading this, you still have time! So get up and live! You can do it.
The essence of quality in life is to be reasonably happy and at peace with God, yourself and humanity as much as possible. For the quality of life is not dependent in the abundance one possesses, but in how much happiness and peace one is able to harness from the accessible resources around us.
A fulfilled life, however is one notch up. It is life that is able to positively impact the lives of others, directly or indirectly even in an infinitesimal measure.
A fulfilled life may mean sharing your resources outside your personal needs, but the results will transcend your lifetime. We hardly remember the richest man during the Church reformation (1510-1525), but many recall Martin Luther the German monk who stood up to challenge the notion that the rich can buy forgiveness from the the Church ( indulgences) , or the non-violent campaigns of Mahatma Gandhi (1893-1947) and Martin Luther King Jnr,(1955-1968) but these icons were not wealthy (in terms of money) but they have impacted lives in ways that billions of dollars can not quantify. Martin Luther the Monk had the conviction to confront the all-powerful Catholic church (1517) when he was just 34 years old. Mahatma Gandhi founded the Natal Indian Congress (1894) when he was 25 years old. Martin Luther King jnr began to lead the American civil rights movement with the Montgomery bus boycott (1955) when he was 26 years old. Things don't change when good people do nothing. Change does not necessarily need to be violent. These are three examples among many, where people were able to engender non-violent revolutionary that have changed the world for good.
You can have quality in your present circumstances. You can positively impact others where you are. For there are people who have less resources but are happier and more peaceful than you are. People with less influence and clout are positively influencing more lives around them than you are. That means you also can do it. Dithering (indecisiveness), laziness and procrastination will steal time from you if you let them. And in this life, time is all we have that once lost is never regained. If you're reading this, you still have time! So get up and live! You can do it.
