How Will History
Remember You?
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How
are you going to spend your life? When it is all said and done, how will
history remember you? Unfortunately, these days most people do not spend
much time thinking about those kinds of questions. Most people just kind
of stumble through life without any clear direction or meaning. Sadly,
our society makes it far too easy to remain "comfortably numb" the
vast majority of the time. We are absolutely addicted to entertainment
and there is more of it available today than ever before - television, movies,
music, video games, sports events, food, gambling, shopping - the outlets for
feeding our addictions are seemingly endless. But do you really want to
spend your life feeding your addictions and keeping yourself entertained as
much as possible? The following is a saying that has stayed with me my
entire life: "Life is like a coin - you can spend it any way that you
want, but you can only spend it once." If the fact that we are all
hurtling through space on this giant rock is just some kind of cosmic accident
and life really does not have any meaning, then yes it would make sense to fill
up our lives with as much pleasure as possible before we die. But if life
really does have meaning and the things that we do today can have a permanent
impact on the future, then perhaps many of us need to start thinking about what
kind of legacy we are going to leave behind once we are gone.
Most
people don't think too much about this, but the reality is that we all have the
privilege to be living during one of the most amazing times in all of human
history.
For
decades, it has seemed as though history has been slowly building toward some
sort of crescendo. The pace of change just keeps getting faster and
faster and faster, and our world is becoming incredibly unstable.
Just
look around you. Virtually everything that can be shaken is being shaken.
The economy
is falling apart, the fabric of society is starting to come apart at the seams, war in the
Middle East could erupt at any moment and the planet itself is shaking in unprecedented ways.
All
you have to do is look at a population chart to realize that we are living
during an absolutely unprecedented time....
Back
in 1800, there were about 1 billion people in the world. Today, there are
about 7 billion.
Do
you know what that means?
It
means that we potentially have the opportunity to touch more lives than anyone
else ever has before.
The
amount of suffering in the world today is absolutely mind blowing.
Did
you know that 3 billion people survive on the
equivalent of $2.50 or less every single day?
There
are hundreds of millions of people that do not have enough to eat today.
There
are hundreds of millions of people that do not have clean water.
All
over the globe children will go digging around in public trash dumps today to
try to find something to eat or something to sell.
Countless
numbers of other children have been sold into slavery and live every day
without hope.
In
some areas of the globe, children are purposely blinded with acid by their
masters so that they will make more money for them begging on the streets.
Other
children are chained to beds as an endless parade of sick perverts pay to have
sex with them.
When
you start realizing the horrors that are going on in our world, it makes it a
bit more difficult to live your life only for yourself.
Tonight,
there will be millions upon millions of people all over the globe on the verge
of suicide because they think that life is hopeless.
Do you
ever think about them?
Tonight,
there will be millions upon millions of children all over the globe that will
be abused by their parents or by close relatives.
Do
you ever say a prayer for them?
There
are so many people out there that could use a little love. Millions are
rotting away their lives in prisons - including a lot of people that are
completely innocent. Millions spend lonely day after lonely day in
"retirement homes" without anyone ever coming to visit them.
This
very night there will be families sleeping on the streets of every major
American city.
Do
you ever think about them while you are sleeping in your warm bed?
In
But
it is not just
The
truth is that the entire global system is deeply corrupt and this has caused
massive amounts of suffering all over the globe.
So
instead of living your life selfishly, why don't you make your life something
to remember?
Decide
to be a light in the darkness.
Thanks
to technology, it is easier for the average person to make a difference than
ever before.
In
the old days, the elite pretty much had a monopoly on mass communication.
But today the Internet has totally changed that.
Something
that you post on the Internet today could end up being seen by tens of millions
of people.
Without
ever leaving the comfort of your own home, you could literally change lives on
the other side of the world.
Ideas
are incredibly powerful, and today we are in the middle of a global information
war. Use the Internet to make a difference while you can, because the
free and open Internet will not be around forever. Already the elite are
taking steps to clamp down on it. That is why you hear
so much chatter about SOPA and ACTA and CISPA. The powers that be do not
like what the Internet has turned into and they want to get it under control.
Even
now, everything that you do on the Internet is being watched by governments all over the
world. But that is no reason to quit spreading the truth. Perhaps
some of the "watchers" will even be persuaded by what you have to
say.
It is
when times are the darkest that the greatest heroes are needed. The world
has become a very dark place and things are going to get a lot darker before it
is all said and done.
But
that just means that we need as many heroes as possible.
The
great war between good and evil is reaching a climax. Do you want to
spend your life doing things that will make a permanent difference or do you
want to spend your life on your couch staring at your television?
History
is not going to care how much stuff you were able to accumulate.
But if you are able to make a true difference in the
lives of others that will definitely count for something.
When
people tell me that they are "bored", that just blows me away because
I honestly don't know how anyone could be bored in this day and age.
We
live during one of the most exciting times in all of human history, and I know
that I could easily fill up three or four times as many hours in the day.
There
is always more that could be learned and more that could be done.
All
over the world, the darkness is growing, and it is going to continue to grow.
You
can choose to curse the darkness, or you can choose to shine your light in that
darkness.
The
choice is up to you.
You
don't need to be famous to make a difference.
Neither
do you need an audience of thousands upon thousands of people.
The
truth is that every single person that is reading this has the ability to make
a difference.
A
journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. In a previous article, I listed some of the things that
you can do right now to start making a difference....
Talk
to your family.
Talk
to your friends.
Share
the truth on Facebook.
Share
the truth on Twitter.
Join
an organization.
Go on
a march.
Write
a letter to the editor.
Write
a letter to your representatives in Congress.
Run
for office.
Start
a blog.
Start
a website.
Make
YouTube videos.
Make
new friends.
Connect
with new people.
Feed
the homeless.
Visit
those who are hurting.
Give
to someone in need.
Volunteer
for a cause.
Pass
out fliers.
Pass
out books.
Pass
out DVDs.
Give
a speech.
Send
out emails.
Write
a book.
Make
a movie.
In
the Declaration of
We
hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they
are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights,
that among these are Life,
All
men, women and children (including the unborn) all over the planet were created equal. They all deserve to be
loved and protected.
Unfortunately,
we live in a world that is becoming very, very cold. All throughout
society, people have become greedy, selfish, boastful, proud, abusive,
disrespectful, hateful, unforgiving and cruel. People have become
addicted to pleasure and to all of the good things that our debt-fueled prosperity can buy.
Where
are all of the strong men and women that are willing to put God, family and
country before themselves?
Where
are all of the strong men and woman that are willing to stand up for what is
right even if it is going to cost them everything?
The
years ahead are going to be incredibly hard. Millions of those that are
living only for themselves are going to have their lives absolutely shattered
by what is coming.
But
if you have a purpose that is bigger than yourself, you will likely find that
the years ahead will be absolutely teeming with meaning and adventure.
So
how will history remember you?
Hopefully
it will remember you as someone of great love. Hopefully it will you as someone that loved God, family and
country. Hopefully it will remember you as someone that made a difference
in the lives of others.
You
only have one life.
Spend
it wisely.
"Life
is like a coin - you can spend it any way that you want, but you can only spend
it once." { Wow! … Geeh!
… and here all this while I thought that life was ‘like a box of chocolates’
---Forrest Gump . A few more maudlin, sentimental, clichéd articles like this
and the presumption will have to be that the writer is half-in-the-bag when he
writes them. Moreover, God and country, this country, is an oxymoron that is no
longer real as applies to this country. }
