Making Ripples

"Everything that is not given, is lost."

Read those words again - and really take them in.

"Everything that is not given is lost."

This is a potent wake-up call.
Because we are mortal, every talent, skill, ability we possess, every thought and feeling we ever have, every beautiful sight we ever see, every material possession we own, will ultimately be lost.

UNLESS WE SHARE IT.

Unless we give what we have to others - to our spouse, our children, our friends, our neighbors - to the strangers we encounter on our path - what we know and value will be irrevocably and utterly gone.

BUT...
If we give freely of our minds, hearts, spirits - who we are - then what matters most to us will never die - but will live forever in the psyches of not only all those who know us - but everyone who encounters them - and then everyone who encounters those who knew them - in an infinite regression of mysteriously unseen effect.

That's why the metaphor of the a pebble in a pond is so potent.

We toss the pebble of our soul into the pond of life and ripples are created.

If we hoard ourselves - our gifts, our talents, our love, our thoughts, our feelings, our insights, our words - we will make a very little splash and the ripples will soon end.

But if we give fully, with abandon and abundance, the ripples go out infinitely, overlapping and intermingling with other souls.

Viewed this way...what kind of ripple do you want to be?


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"I would rather have 1% from the efforts of 100 men, than 100% from my own efforts."
- J. Paul Getty
Multi-Billionaire Philanthropist

"Millionaires became that way by having both Offensive (work income), and Defensive (passive income) strategies. That's how they win the game of life."
- From "Millionaire Next Door" Best Selling Book
By Dr. Thomas J Stanley & Dr. William D. Danko

Recognizing Our Own Greatness
The Greatness In Others

A person who is said to possess greatness stands apart from others in some way, usually by the size or originality of their vision and their ability to manifest that vision. And yet those who recognize that greatness, whether they display it themselves or not, also have greatness within them; otherwise, they could not see it in another. In many ways, the achievements of one person always belong to many people for we accomplish nothing alone in this world. People who display greatness rely upon others who are able to see as they do, to listen, encourage, and support. Without those people who recognize greatness and move in to support it, even the greatest ideas, works of art, and political movements would remain unborn.



We are all moved by greatness when we see it, and although the experience is to some degree subjective, we know the feeling of it. When we encounter it, it is as if something in us stirs, awakens, and comes forth to meet what was inside us all along. When we respond to someone else’s greatness, we feed our own. We may feel called to dedicate ourselves to their vision, or we may be inspired to follow a path we forge ourselves. Either way, we cannot lose when we recognize that the greatness we see in others belongs also to us. Our recognition of this is a call to action that, if heeded, will inspire others to see in us the greatness they also possess. This creates a chain reaction of greatness unfolding itself endlessly into the future.



Ultimately, greatness is simply the best of what humanity has to offer. Greatness does what has not been done before and inspires the same courage that it requires. When we see it in others, we know it, and when we trust its presence in ourselves, we embody it.

August 21, 2007 from the www.DailyOm.com
http://www.dailyom.com/articles/2007/9886.html

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