Do you want everything you can possibly imagine in your life?
By medicguy
@medicguy (307)
Pakistan
August 14, 2008 2:07pm CST
Is such a thing even possible? Why can't it be? I say why not. Here's an easy way to remember our true potential.
We all have our brains intact and I understand that we have that aptitude and that tendency to do well for ourselves and others around us. We are all intelligent, so I like to believe.
However, intelligence alone won't equate to anything. Merely being bright and gifted is not a stairway to success. So what is it then?
Let's put in some hard work to the equation. So if you put your intelligence into work and really work hard for it, then you would definitely get something out of that union, won't you? I know I would. But the question still remains? What is that you may do to acquire eternal happiness and triumph?
The answer is yet again simple: Now that you have learned to be intelligent and a hardworking individual, keep sustaining that combination and never give up. The last factor in this equation of success is your destiny, your fate.
And what is fate you may ask? Fate is when your intelligent hard work meets face to face with the opportunity you have been waiting for. Therefore, you should make absolutely sure that your hard work is ready for that right time when opportunity knocks at your doorstep. Thanks for reading so far. Have a very blessed day!
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@ruperto (1552)
• Philippines
15 Aug 08
Interesting topic.
I think the first impulse is to say "yes I want everything I dream of."
However, when we gather from the lives of people over the history of mankind, there is always a time after attaining so much when the enthusiasm is gone...
G. Patton, after much victory for the Allied Forces in WWII finally retired.
He said: "all glory is fleeting." (referring to reflections of ancient conquerors)
In 2008, I wold relate to that with a saying by D. MacArthur: "I am an old soldier who did his duty as God allowed him to see that duty."
Personally, I do not want anything except that which would make me more capable of helping solve the problems of the community - immediate and global.
Cheers :)
@medicguy (307)
• Pakistan
16 Aug 08
Dear friend, what you say is absolutely right and I believe you have just hit the core of this discussion. Unfortunately, many people don't have that sort of an acumen to relate to such ideologies.
I mean what makes us want something in the first place? In general, what we won't have, we will be working for it to get it, right? Once you get everything that you could possibly imagine in this world, that day you would realize you would have lost the purpose of life itself because then, what else you would be dedicating your hard work for?
Glory as you mentioned above is relative and quite disputable. I can see glorified work in a person who earns a normal salary and still donate a fraction of his or her income to a charity. We all have our struggling sides, needs and wants, but we shouldn't forget and appreciate the blessings that we possess already.
Thank you once again friend for your enlightenment on this issue.
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