Significance

I'm pretty sure that most people want to do something or be someone who is significant. It may be in different areas of life, maybe sports or medicine or education, but, in the words of the Counting Crows, "we all want to be big stars". I am not equating significant with famous. Those are two separate ideas. I am talking about really making a difference and doing what it takes to make this world a better place.

I am also pretty sure that a lot of those ideas of significance remain just that, ideas. They are never put into practice or they never make it out of our heads, even into spoken or written words. Why is that? I have only one guess. It is really, really hard.

The hard work and the dedication that is required to become significant is often overwhelming. It is easy to have a one time encounter and inspire someone. It is much harder to live out what you believe in front of people on an ongoing basis. To continue to give of yourself and not stumble or quit is very difficult. To truly be significant, we have to lay down our life in some ways.

What is that thing of significance that is lying dormant in your life? What is that idea that you had when you were young that never made it out into the open? What if you went back to that and did something with it?

Peace.