People float aimlessly through life, not knowing where they are going. How many set out on the journey only to lose themselves along the way? If you cannot take care of yourself, you cannot help anyone else.
It is easy to merely subsist, and just let the currents take you where they may. You might want to find your place in the machine, but it is cold and lifeless. How unnatural it is for the living to power what is not...
Being a person, means transcending the mere numbers. What makes you stand out from the crowd? If you care, the distinction will be made clear and your actions will prove it.
Humans are the least and the greatest of creatures. Since they can do better, the shame of failure rests squarely on them. We cannot escape the one staring back at us in the mirror.
To improve, one must take a long hard look. Do not shy away, or you will learn nothing. Honesty means confronting our demons, even when the face they wear is our own.
We have so much, and yet there is so much more we can do. This requires focusing on the task at hand, and setting out to achieve something beyond the ordinary. Do not drift about, set a course and determine to reach your destination.
Animals can only be ordinary because they can only be and do what comes naturally. We can only be human when we are extraordinary, indeed.
ReplyDeleteBeing extraordinary requires something extra. We must do more with what we have. Otherwise, we are merely animals.
DeleteI have a saying: A pitcher filled with sewage cannot dispense kool aid. You got to get your own act together before you can suffentiantly help others.
ReplyDeleteGetting your act together involves picking a direction. Otherwise, you are just standing in place. Nothing gets done until you get moving.
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