Whatever You Do In Life Will Be Insignificant...

In the ascetic point of view, what you do may always be insignificant.. but what Gandhi did for Indian Independence champions the democratic world.. even he couldn't deny that.. Ascetics (Ascetism) deny themselves of earthly pleasures, this philosophy is very common in India. They are not to expect anything good that shall prosper from their primal actions, this is to deny oneself of expectations in life. The act of self denial make their life simple and they experience NIrvana (state of perfection or heaven in Earth).

We have to do what there is to be done regardless how insignificant... It's part of our life's plan to do things that really mean nothing in the long run.... This all means to me, I do as it all comes to me in order for the universe to understand I'm trying to be a good person and find a way into the outer realms of life. That is what this means to me.

Hi LadyMarissa, I have been mia from here a long time but I had to respond to this posting specifically. I just watched 'Remember Me', which is about a drifting young man (Robert Pattinson) who has spent all his time up to thd movie's start more or less.... drifting. In the opening scenes, those words are spoken, he says them. To me that means it will be insignificant in the scheme of the big picture, but I don't think that means it's really insignificant. The reason it is very important that we do these things is that they matter - to us, as well as possibly to those we love and care about, and maybe those we don't even know. Small things can affect those around us in ways we never could imagine, and maybe will never know. That is my answer for why. Gandhi - in saying this - is a virtual genius.

I think because you will never know where it will lead you until you try. So, better try it. Do it. I really like and admire your Indian hero. Here's another quote I like from Mahatma Gandhi: ""Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever."

That is so true. Life is full of ironies, circumstances and surprises. But, take all the chances and live every day as if it's your last. As the saying goes, "It's better to have tried it and failed than to have never tried it at all".