Do you Want Better In Life?

We all say we want life to be better, but do we really want it to be better? I ponder this a lot. I ask myself if I am really sacrificing anything in my life for the betterment of others. Some days I can say yes, and others come back as no.

Why does it matter if you sacrifice for others? Look at it this way. When do you make some of you greatest gains in life? Was it when a teacher took some extra time for you? Maybe when your parents put off a purchase for themselves or the family so they could help you have an experience that made a big difference? Do you recognize the sacrifices others have made so that you could have better than you would have had otherwise?

I think of the times many of my ancestors made the hard choice to stand for something they believed in only to lose much in their personal lives. Sometimes that stand seemed for naught, but it often stirred something in the souls of others that later blossomed into fruition. We may never know the impact our actions of today will have on generations to come.

Who Is The Beneficiary?

We sometimes lose sight of the goal, or we make the goal smaller than it really should be. The world calls people who think big dreamers, unrealistic, yet they cause the biggest changes societies and the world ever sees. The naysayers will always deride them. The small thinkers will mock The power hungry will seek to destroy them and their ideals.

I look at my ancestors with gratitude for their sacrifices. Leaving their homelands for an unknown future they choose to fill with hope. Fighting the tyrannical oppression of rulers who expect vassals to remain loyal when they are being suffocated.

What Is Your Mission?

Too often we hide when it is our turn to stand up and be counted. I cowered in fear at the idea of helping others connect. I felt that I am not enough.

Well, enough of feeling small! I stand for the count. Seeing others connect is thrilling. I love connecting with others. Proving the worth of other people lifts me.

What excites you? Is there something that you know you want to do that you can’t bring yourself to try? Pass that fear. Honor your own goodness and realize that you are meant for greatness. Stop playing small and step forward. One day other will recognize your sacrifices and honor your name. It is not about getting glory. That is too simple and below you.

My mentors, like Darold Francis help me be more. They see what I cannot see and I improve. Find a mentor and let them push you to be better, be the great person you were born to be. Own your mission and let it blossom.

I would recommend that you take a step forward to be more. Try listening to Why Me? See what moves you.