Your Life Could Be Your Greatest Investment
Time is a precious resource. Life is made up of time. When you squander time, you squander life. How would you invest this resource? The average person invests his money in his career, business or children's education according to his priorities. There are those who lavish their resources on entertainment or building up an 'image' for themselves. Those with talents, invest in them to earn money or to gain power and influence. Some with the 'get-rich-quick' mentality go for gambling and other short-cuts. "I will not just live my life-I will not just spend my life; I will invest my life," wrote Helen Keller, who, despite being born with visual and hearing challenges, made a great impact on our world! With just five dollars in her pocket and a heart full of love for God and fellow beings, Mother Teresa too started investing her life, and the poor of the world felt the impact of her compassion, as never before. Life is a precious resource. What do we do with our lives? You are a trustee of your time, money, effort, energy, talent or abilities. God gave them to you. You did not bring them into this world, neither can you take them with you when you leave. Whatever you don't use, you lose. For everyone, the precious life span consists of 86,400 seconds in a day. You cannot hoard it for the next day. No overdrafts, either. All the wealth in the world cannot buy you another second. That is how precious it is. How will you spend it? That is life's great question. The majority spend it on acquisition of the good things of life: wealth, power and influence or on sensual pleasures only to discover towards the end of their existence that they were chasing shadows. God calls us to invest our time-capital-our very lives-primarily in people, not in projects or possessions, because, only a life lived for others is worth living. The differences between individuals get reflected in their priorities, in the way they live their lives. For a majority, self comes first; in accumulating possessions for self and family. The less privileged deserve our attention and help. There are those who needa push, an encouraging word or guidance. When youthus invest your life in the lives of others, when you invest your life in the personalities of others, you make the wisest investment of all. When you invest your life in teaching young people to choose good over evil, to seek excellence instemediocrity, and to set goals worththeir highest efforts and loftiest dyou enrich eternity. When you invest your life in alleviating pain and suffering, inlending an understanding ear to ttired and discouraged, the ill andaged, you merit a seat beside angeWhen you investyour life in liup the fallen, in visiting the imprin feeding the hungry, in clothingpoor,you achieve what your Creaenvisioned you to become-a perscompassionate love, benevolencewise generosity. Invest your life in great ideas.will become,"wrote James Allengreat as your dominant aspiratioGreat ideas are the seeds of immcdeeds, the fountainhead of dynarmovements and reformed indivicand societies.
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Courtesy: MPK Kutty and Speaking Tree,Times of India
Your Life Could Be Your Greatest Investment
Time is a precious resource. Life is made up of time. When you squander time, you squander life. How would you invest this resource? The average person invests his money in his career, business or children's education according to his priorities. There are those who lavish their resources on entertainment or building up an 'image' for themselves. Those with talents, invest in them to earn money or to gain power and influence. Some with the 'get-rich-quick' mentality go for gambling and other short-cuts. "I will not just live my life-I will not just spend my life; I will invest my life," wrote Helen Keller, who, despite being born with visual and hearing challenges, made a great impact on our world! With just five dollars in her pocket and a heart full of love for God and fellow beings, Mother Teresa too started investing her life, and the poor of the world felt the impact of her compassion, as never before. Life is a precious resource. What do we do with our lives? You are a trustee of your time, money, effort, energy, talent or abilities. God gave them to you. You did not bring them into this world, neither can you take them with you when you leave. Whatever you don't use, you lose. For everyone, the precious life span consists of 86,400 seconds in a day. You cannot hoard it for the next day. No overdrafts, either. All the wealth in the world cannot buy you another second. That is how precious it is. How will you spend it? That is life's great question. The majority spend it on acquisition of the good things of life: wealth, power and influence or on sensual pleasures only to discover towards the end of their existence that they were chasing shadows. God calls us to invest our time-capital-our very lives-primarily in people, not in projects or possessions, because, only a life lived for others is worth living. The differences between individuals get reflected in their priorities, in the way they live their lives. For a majority, self comes first; in accumulating possessions for self and family. The less privileged deserve our attention and help. There are those who needa push, an encouraging word or guidance. When youthus invest your life in the lives of others, when you invest your life in the personalities of others, you make the wisest investment of all. When you invest your life in teaching young people to choose good over evil, to seek excellence instemediocrity, and to set goals worththeir highest efforts and loftiest dyou enrich eternity. When you invest your life in alleviating pain and suffering, inlending an understanding ear to ttired and discouraged, the ill andaged, you merit a seat beside angeWhen you investyour life in liup the fallen, in visiting the imprin feeding the hungry, in clothingpoor,you achieve what your Creaenvisioned you to become-a perscompassionate love, benevolencewise generosity. Invest your life in great ideas.will become,"wrote James Allengreat as your dominant aspiratioGreat ideas are the seeds of immcdeeds, the fountainhead of dynarmovements and reformed indivicand societies.
DISCLAIMER:
The views expressed in the Article above are MPK Kutty and kashmiribhatta.in is not in any way responsible for the opinions expressed in the above article. The article belongs to its respective owner or owners and this site does not claim any right over it.
Courtesy: MPK Kutty and Speaking Tree,Times of India