image © held by AnnMarie Gitchell, 2012
Abraham Lincoln said something similar: "Whatever you are, be a good one."
I often can get hung up on searching for that "one thing" that I feel I am missing. You've maybe even read about my quest on this blog. It's just around the corner, this ridiculously noble calling or purpose that the universe appears to be holding ransom from me.
Truth is, by doing this, I realize that I am missing out on key opportunities for greatness. Yeah, that's right- by searching for greatness, I'm missing out on greatness- now you can see why I've been so confused and maybe a little lost.
Yes- there are many images from history books and in the media, that portray "great people." You may even know some. But, I'm slowly (painstakingly so) coming to realize that these people are not any greater than I am or you are. Most of us, out of necessity, are driven by the work-a-day needs of ourselves or our families and friends, but that doesn't make us any less great. It's not the calling that makes us great, it's how we pursue it, that unleashes the greatness that's inside each and everyone of us.
What Oliver and Abe (that's right, first name basis) are filling us in on is that greatness is not externally handed to us, and neither is it restricted to a special few. We all have it within us to be great. Doing whatever we do to the best of our abilities, makes us great- no matter what it is!
Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it.
-Buddha
