Quote Motion #3

“We make a living by what we get; we make a life by what we give”

                                                                                                -Winston Churchill

The ideal standard of life has not been attained by every man in the world, reason for the sharp condition of inequity. This reality is further exacerbated by the greedy group of mankind who, in the desire for more, exploit those who are less fortunate.

Life as it should be is not the way it is. Happiness, freedom, prosperity, and peace of mind are the characteristics of the ideal world – the ideal standard of life. But these things are missing in the life of the majority, therefore the world cannot be said to be in the ideal. To the end of achieving the ideal life, people struggle, fight, compete, and even venture into and commit shades of unthinkable deeds. Money is seen as the only thing that builds up the ideal life, because it gives power to acquire all man ever would want. Life, thus, as become a race of getting, getting and more getting. The sorrow of the capital man is rooted in this. He merely makes a living, merely survives by having so much to eat, drink, and wear. He is content with the space he builds for himself in the distortion called life. Only those who transcend this distortion seek to make a life.

To make a life is not to amass wealth and all material substances to oneself, but to reach out and impact the life of someone less fortunate, to show more little love, to give of oneself. We expend ourselves in our desires and struggles to increase in material acquisition. But our energy is replenished the moment we begin and continue to make another life count.

Understanding life is crucial to living selflessly in the world today. You know that all the race for wealth, fame and for the good life, in the end, seem to count for nothing. The experience of life on Earth is what you carry along at the point of passage into the beyond. Not one dime of currency or one tiny substance of materiality would go with you. The impact you leave before your demise is the most important mark of your passage through life on Earth.

It is more than an obligation to serve the world. It is one of the purposes for existence here. This service is rendered in several ways. You must not necessarily be the world’s richest figure. The talent, skill and opportunities you are granted are the channels you have to release love and care to the world.

A similar admonition as the quote above, given by John Wesley, states that “do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can”. If you cannot make 10 or 5 people in your life time, then just make 1. A great joy lies in this act.