LizzieSeven Steps to Success ~~ Part Three
September 27th 2006 02:03
Happy day to you. I don't know about you, but I'm enjoying doing this series. Well, let's face it, about half of it was already written for me, so these seven days don't require full input on my part. But that's not the real reason I like it. See, I get to read and appreciate someone else's thoughts and the payoff is that I get to share those thoughts with you.
Part Three can be considered a stand-alone, but I think it builds nicely on Part Two in yesterday's post. However, regardless of how it fits for you, it's a good thing.
Three: Low Ideals
"All greatness and all examples of cultural heroes arise from those who have held themselves up to a higher ideal then what the consensus reality deemed necessary. I am not talking here about morals, whose values arise from dogmatic creeds, but about an individual’s
desire to better themselves and the world around them. Egoic desires for wealth, popularity, and total domination are not high ideals. Many world dictators have held all three, and they have brought nothing but misery to their countries and the world at large. Champions of worthy ideals have been people like Joseph Campbell, Mother Teresa, Martin Luther King, Mahatma Gandhi, and others. Dipping into the biographies of great souls is the beginning of your own greatness. When Buckminster Fuller decided to make the decision to make his life an example of what one man can do to improve the world, he created a precedent whose magnitude if replicated will have a far-reaching effect. A high ideal is one that is good for you, that is good for others, and that is good for all mankind." --SaleemRana
Don't settle for a fish, when you can just as easily have the ocean.
Peace
Part Three can be considered a stand-alone, but I think it builds nicely on Part Two in yesterday's post. However, regardless of how it fits for you, it's a good thing.
Three: Low Ideals
"All greatness and all examples of cultural heroes arise from those who have held themselves up to a higher ideal then what the consensus reality deemed necessary. I am not talking here about morals, whose values arise from dogmatic creeds, but about an individual’s
Don't settle for a fish, when you can just as easily have the ocean.
Peace
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