Almost every mother during her pregnancy ,and
maybe even before it , thinks of her baby's future and sees it as a
responsible grown-up adult who brings so much goodness and positive change into
the world; she may even imagine it becoming a leader, a scientists or simply
a very influential person. Whatever these expectations are, they are always
about one thing: a child who will grow up to become a valuable member of their
society, if not of the world.
Even if you were born in a dysfunctional
family, or no real family at all, if you came "by mistake" and your
mother didn't even want you, still, someone, anyone, even the doctor who was
following your mother's pregnancy, had enough compassion for you and hoped that
you were going to become a good human being one day. Thus, whether you wanted
or not, you were made to become a person who will bring some goodness into this
world, who will fix something, bring about some positive changes, this is what
God, who created you, had expected from you when gave you life, and in case you
don't believe in God, this is what every human being who even once saw you and
said "hello sweet baby" expected from you; to cut it short, this is
how the world expected to see you: a good and valuable human being.
Despite all this, since we are not puppets
in anyone's hands and we still own our own destiny, once we arrive, we are
faced with some choices: either fulfilling the main task we were sent for,
which is doing some good to this world, or doing exactly the opposite of that
and bring more destruction and misery to it, but not only this, things are not
always black and white, you also have the choice to live in apathy, doing very
little harm and having very little benefit to others or simply you can live all
your life being brutally pulled by each side, doing some good here and ruining
it all there and vice versa. You have all these choices, and even though the
first one was the reason you were made for, you can still take either of the
other ways, but, before that you need to ask yourself one question, if bringing
some goodness into this world and making some positive changes in my world is
what I am brought here for, then what the hell am I doing here if I don't do
this, if I don't fulfill this goal, why am I staying here in the first place if
this is not what I am going to do? You may simply say: I just came here to live
and enjoy my life, well, honestly, neither this is living nor it is joy! It's
actually an absolutely absurd way of living and don't expect it to offer you a
meaningful or joyful life. "Why do I care!" You may say. Well, here
nothing can be done to fix this attitude but explaining why this is absolutely
ridiculous and absurd may help you think twice before saying so: imagine that
you call the electrician and tell him to come to your place immediately because
there is something wrong with the electricity and the power in the house is
out. After a few minutes the electrician knocks you door and you naturally
expect him to bring out his tools and start working on fixing the problem, but
instead, the guy simply comes in, grabs some food from the fridge and watches
TV on you couch, or he, instead of anything else, brings a can of gasoline and
sets your house on fire! Imagine how ridiculous this is! How absurd and
intolerable! It sounds like some annoying nightmare after a heavy meal! If the
guy is not doing his job then why he came in the first place, not only this, if
he's not fixing things up then why on earth he's making things worse. This is
exactly the same thing with you when you choose another path than that of
yours, than the one you were brought here for. This is how absurd it is when
you make a different choice. So, do you and the world a favor now, do what you
came here for or leave! O.k., you may have suicidal tendencies, you may be
saying now: but I did not ask to come here! Exactly, neither I, nor he, she,
they, his holiness the Dalai Lama, Thomas Addison, Gandhi, Elbert Einstein and
anyone else in the world did, still, when they arrived they thrived through it
all and gave their best to this goal and fulfilled it in the best possible way.
Just because you didn't ask to come, doesn't make your situation less tolerable
than theirs or make your goal less important than theirs. These people all came
here the same way you did, all were given those choices and this is what they
did with them, they had their own ups and downs, difficulties and misfortunes
and yet they still fulfilled their essential role, so what makes your case so
special!?What justifies your laziness!?
Great
names were mentioned above, but this shouldn't intimidate you, not because it
is impossible to be like them, no, those people were as lost and confused as
you at least once in their lives before they finally earned their names, but,
after all, no one asks you to be like them or to do what they did, this is a
very big world and there are so many of us here, so, your role as the one who
brings goodness into it, who fixes some of its shortcomings may be very simple,
and yet it is very important and does make a real difference. You may simply
want to be a good parent, a very good one who raises good children in a healthy
family and helps them become very influential members of their society and
through this you are cultivating goodness in the world and planting its seeds
through your children. Or you may want to be a very good school teacher who
teaches their students very important lessons in life, guides them, inspires and
encourages them to reach their potentials, a teacher who helps them love that
subject that you are teaching and do very well at it, you can spread the seeds
of goodness through teaching and create a non-stopping process of bringing
about positive changes in the world through each student you teach, this is how
important your role is, so no matter what you do or where you are, make use of
what you are given and reach the limits of your potentials. If there were some
inspiring thoughts replaying in your head during different stages of your life,
follow them, that's your path "I want to do something good to others"
if you ever heard that voice before, follow it now, and if you didn't, search
for it, search for your path and because it is your path, it will also run to
you so you won't be searching for it for too long. Make use of this moment and
do the right thing, don't say I don't know what the right thing is, it's a lie,
you know, you always know, search deep inside and you will find it, because it
is your basic instinct to do the right thing and as you keep doing the right
thing, you will start to recognize it so easily in all the different
situations. Yet, nothing is perfect, you are not perfect either, so don't be
hard on yourself, you may fail sometimes, temptations may make you fall flat on
your face, still, these are just small incidents, don't let them persist and
make sure that at the end of the day, you still make the right choice, you
still return to your path because it is the only place you belong, bringing
goodness into this world is your main reason of existence, so make sure you
fulfill it because if you don't then why you are here in the first place!?
