Personal Significance

There is this song that goes, “I want to be a history maker, I want to be a world shaker…” Before you smile and ignore it let us just pause and think about it. Don’t we all wish, desire to be people of significance? Don’t we all dream that one day we would make it big in the wide world? I know about me, when I was in my teens I always wanted to be heard by all which seldom happened. There were better speakers, singers and charming story tellers than me out there, who could keep an audience of 10 – 20 in rapt silence for hours as they related their experiences and exploits of life. Is it wrong to wish that I need to make a mark in the world? No it is not. Is it possible for me? Yes it is. Every one of us can make a positive influence in the society. But how? We need to know our strengths and weaknesses, our motives and our intentions. Anybody who is confident of oneself and least cares of outside opinions can make an influence. But we need to be careful whether it would be a positive or negative one. Greed, selfish ambition can lead people to achieve goals at the expense of other’s lives but dependence on God, a desire to give than to receive, driven by selfless love can make a whole lot of difference in our love-starved world. When this happens it is no longer us that we think about but the people around us and our own personal significance takes a back seat in our life’s journey.