Yesterday, Nelson Mandela(Madiba) passed on, and as I watched the news and listened to Jacob Zuma announce his demise, I couldnt help but reminisce on all he stood for and what he suffered for his passion which finally birthed his dreams.
From his life and the lives of all who have had impacts on their generation, I have come to the conclusion, that life does not consist in the length of our days, but in the impact we have on others, the values we build, the causes we stand for, the courage to be different from the unacceptable norm, the genuity of our passions and the final result of our actions. Steve Jobs rightly put it this way "Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition".
Mandela, Martin Luther, Steve Jobs, Mother Theresa, Steve Biko, Albert Einstein and a whole lot of others who have impacted their generation are dead, but you still live and you have still got the power to impact this generation. And it starts with you, it starts with the impact you have on the immediate before it spirals to the external. Dont just EXIST! LIVE and LIVE WELL!!!!!!!
if only we the young ones can look within us and see that change starts from you and me
ReplyDeleteI absolutely agree with you.
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