What is true value? Possessions you’ve
left behind or people you’ve positively impacted?
May’s
Awakening, Day 24
The value of life lies not in the
length of days, but in the use we make of them; a man may live long yet live
very little.
—Montaigne
I won’t have any money to leave
behind. I won’t have the fine and luxurious things of life to leave behind. But
I just want to leave a committed life behind.
—Martin Luther King, Jr.
Every successful business in the world
is in existence because its founder recognized in a problem or need an
opportunity to be of service to others. Every problem or need in your life is
in reality an opportunity to call forth inner resources of wisdom, love,
strength, and ability.
—J. Sig Paulson
Therefore
I glory in Christ Jesus in my service to God. Romans 15:17 NIV
We,
however, will not boast beyond proper limits, but will confine our boasting to
the sphere of service God himself has assigned to us, a sphere that also
includes you. 2 Corinthians 10:13 NIV
It’s a matter of perspective. Is
every problem an insurmountable obstacle, or is it an opportunity to grow and
be of service to others? Life can be of the half-empty pessimistic persuasion
or it can be the half-full optimistic opportunity for overflowing. There are
opportunities everywhere to grow, serve, and make a positive difference in your
life and in others. Turn the problems into possibilities. Turn the
disappointments into new designs and directions. Turn the obstacles into new
objectives. Turn the failures into new firsts. Turn the heartbreaks into heart
bursts of newfound joy. Turn the shattered dreams into visions of the divine.
Turn selfishness into servanthood, and turn sacrifice into success. What do you
want to leave behind? Mere possessions, or a legacy of liberated lives?
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