"Blessed is he who has found his work." --- Thomas Carlyle (nineteenth century English essayist)
"When you were born, the world rejoiced while you cried. Live your life in such a way that, when you die, the world cries while you rejoice." --- The Dalai Lama
The world is begging for you to help out.
Begging and begging and begging some more. Help me. I need more disciples and more people that understand the meaning of this world and this life.
You see it is the lost causes that interrupt the true nature of finding, discovering, and living for the true causes of this world. The habitual, new world, phenomenon of material gain has clouded the vision of most of us and has rendered us useless.
People no longer live to aid a higher cause because they feel that gaining and adding cars, trucks, houses, and fine clothing is their real purpose. Where and when did this divergence get created? Why?
Today the modern person gets up early, misses lunch, works late, doesn’t truly take care of their physical state let alone their mental state of affairs, and then wonders why there is love lost, lack of energy, a loss of drive or desire for getting up in the morning, and major illness plaguing their lives. When described like this it seems easy to discover the reasons for these problems yet most of you in this situation will read this, hear the point, and then carry on with what you were doing; being part of the problem and not part of your solution. Hearing and not understanding the point.
What are you working for? What are you really most proud of?
A little glimpse into the everyday conversations around a bike store can give you a view of what really matters to most.
"I road further today than I have ever ridden before – it felt amazing breaking down that mental barrier of two hours in the saddle."
"I can’t believe I actually finished that Duathlon. I never thought I could do it."
"I rode that log like time was standing still and then Peter ripped it right behind me. It was like we were fifteen years old again. We were so proud of each other. It is going to be a great barbeque tonight."
"I'm training to complete my first triathlon."
"A trip through the Napa Valley on my bike was possibly my best trip ever."
No boats, no money, no housing costs or interest rates. No, these moments are people doing what they want and accomplishing things they never thought they could. People following their hearts and consuming themselves with a cause and a purpose. Physically empowering themselves to finish events, try new things, go further, and discover themselves.
This is where the journey must start for all of us. Discovering ourselves will allow us to gain the next level of understanding and to then help others and our world.
Here is the warning. If you do not discover that you are striving for the wrong things than you will find that you never end up satisfied and that pot of gold you thought so necessary will only become an anchor that is difficult to release. Money is not what you should want it is a by product that you may earn as you pursue your cause.
Just ask the Dali Lama if he thinks he is wealthy.
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A Cause
posted by Hire Me Book - E-Hire Me on Wednesday, June 13, 2007