Do you ever remember waking up one day with the passion to change the world? You begin the day with a sense of purpose. Your steps are quick because you’ve got no time to waste. You grab a cup of tea and drink it with your eyes still glued to the computer, while with one hand, your fingers are still tapping on the keyboard.
Even with the deadlines, and difficult people, or when things just don’t go right; nothing slows you down, because you truly believe you’re on a mission! And that makes you feel so alive!
But as time goes by, and routine sets in, everyday becomes, ‘just another day’…You watch the people around settle for the mediocre. You don’t feel you can change anything, and you wonder why you even want to try. “What’s the point?” You ask yourself.
When others seem to take a relaxed attitude, and find ways to do to the least, or when they come and tell you to take you to take it easy, you start to question, ‘Why should I even care?” You watch your motivation level dwindle, and you just stand and stare.
You observe hours being wasted because of indecision. Even when there is a resolution, the motive is questionable – whether or not it benefits the whole. Your eyes are opened to notice ‘enemies’ and ‘allies’ as you discern the power play.
Little by little, you decelerate, and just watch, doing only what you’re supposed to do. You feel tired of trying to tie raindrops together. You begin to take things as they come, instead of riding over it all like a warrior of light
Until a nice person comes along and brings some smiles, or you wait for someone dear you’ve not seen in a while to drop by – then you capture that moment and it keeps your heart beating the rest of the day.
And when all is done, and everyone has left, you sit behind your desk and wonder, “How pathetic have I become?”
That's when your mind goes to legendary figures like Martin Luther King Jr, and you ask yourself, “How did they ever do it? – have a dream, keep it to the end, and live with a mission?”
If you ever feel that way, perhaps it's best to reflect upon the words from the man himself, and allow the famous quotes of Martin Luther King Jr. to flame up that fading spark.
“Whatever your life's work is, do it well. A man should do his job so well that the living, the dead, and the unborn could do it no better.”
“If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well.”
-Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord,
not for men-
Colossians 3:23 (The Bible, NIV)
No comments:
Post a Comment