A young man died and went to heaven. On getting there, he was excited and
thrilled with what he saw. However he was curious about something and
decided to ask an angel a question to satisfy his curosity. He asked, ‘who
was the greatest man that ever lived?’. The angel smiled and pointed at a
young man.
The young man looked at the man the angel pointed to in shock and said,’I
know that man, he was a labourer in my neighbourhood back on earth. How can
he be the greatest man that ever lived?’ True the angel replied, but he was
supposed to be the greatest General that ever lived. He was to command the
greatest army ever assembled and do great exploits.
The story tells a picture of untapped potentials that exist in most of us.
You might want to pity or even question the man for not activating what
was lying inside of him. Before you do that, look within and ask yourself
if you are actually maximizing your potentials. I have and I know am not
doing as much as I should or have the capacity to.
I remember clearly a scene from many years ago. My brother always wanted
to be a pilot and also join the Airforce. He used to talk about it a lot
and my mom always encouraged us. We were at the market one day and my mom
was talking to some of the traders who were her customers. She told them
jokingly that they should be careful how they sold things to her cause her
son would soon become a pilot and might blow the market up.
Each time she went to the market, they’ll always ask for her son “the pilot”.
I guess we all have similar stories. When we were asked in school what we
wanted to be, you would hear professions like doctor, engineers, lawyers,
accountants, bankers, nurses, super heroes and so many other things we could
dare to imagine. We had great dreams of what we wanted to become and nothing
seemed impossible or out of our reach.
I can’t recall anyone saying they wanted to be a driver or a cleaner or a
truck pusher. These were completely out of the picture. Looking back at our
answers then, what happened to those dreams? Some are living out their dreams
right now, but others are not. Most of us got into a pre-defined circle of
life where you go to school, graduate, get a job, get married, give birth to
children who will repeat this cycle and then pass on.
The story above tells me that there is a purpose for my life which is much
greater than my life. It’s something I was designed to accomplish. There are
certain things I have built in me (personality type or temperament) that will
make it easy for me to accomplish this assignment. If you are reading this and
you live your life each day as it comes, have a re-think and search within
yourself to discover your purpose. If purpose is not known, abuse is inevitable.
Think about those dreams you used to have and go all out to achieve them cos in
reality everything is possible.
A young man died and went to heaven. On getting there, he was excited and
thrilled with what he saw. However he was curious about something and
decided to ask an angel a question to satisfy his curosity. He asked, ‘who
was the greatest man that ever lived?’. The angel smiled and pointed at a
young man.
The young man looked at the man the angel pointed to in shock and said,’I
know that man, he was a labourer in my neighbourhood back on earth. How can
he be the greatest man that ever lived?’ True the angel replied, but he was
supposed to be the greatest General that ever lived. He was to command the
greatest army ever assembled and do great exploits. Read the rest of this entry »