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Martin Luther (the reformer), William Wallace, Winston Churchill, Mahatma Gandhi, Mary Kay Ash, Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela

"One of the best ways to live is to exchange our lives for something that will outlive us." — Anonymous

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“And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” — Abraham Lincoln

“Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by every moment that takes your breath away.” – Anonymous

I don't know who said two of the three quotes above, however, this quotes are exceptionally true when we consider the lives of the above listed figures.

Martin Luther (The Reformer), led the way to the Reformation which, in turn, changed the future of Germany and the world.

William Wallace leading the charge of his warriors against the army that would oppress his people and him.

Winston Churchill defying the Nazi threat as much of Europe collapsed.

Mahatma Gandhi leading the two hundred miles march to the sea to protest the Salt Act.

Mary Kay Ash going off on her own to create a world-class organisation.

Martin Luther King Jr. standing before the Lincoln Memorial challenging the nation with his dream of reconciliation.

Nelson Mandela, one of the world's greatest moral and political leader, the head of the

antiapartheid movement, that brought the apartheid regime in South Africa to its 'end'.

Each of these people impacted, [estimatedly], millions of people across the world, beyond their geography and lifetime.

Humans have made significant leap in the quest to conquer the world

and subdue it. Men are unrelenting in trying to be made into gods; perfect, with no mistake. Sure, we all seem like perfect people, at least we try to put out impressions that suggests so.

Everyone of us wants to be seen as brave instead of weak or as perfect instead of being

imperfect, beautiful instead of ugly.

Our world is intolerant to "imperfect" it frowns and mock at the "weak" amongst us. I wonder if we really understand the way the universe is made for every single element to coexist to form the whole. Ironic as it is, perfect, to us is

beauty, affluence, intelligence, degrees, eloquence, power, royalty, power, and political correctness - playing to the gallery.

I was used to the thinking that "ugly" was an adjective used for situations and not on people, until I realized it was our "recreation", our

redefinition in order to drive home our perceived idea of beauty.

As a result of that, we bribe our ways to beauty, fame, excellence, good grades, status, looks, "excellence" and power; that fits our relativistic views.

Sometimes it comes from our ability to swindle others,

other times all we need is to turn away, give a blind eyes and compromise standards, be prejudicial. Yes we have continually proven that the standards can be lowered in our daily activities and interactions, else others may never be perfect in our views.

We have succeeded in

reducing the human experience to that of a suspended living. As a result, we no longer experience life as we should. We are afraid of living and we avoid answering the basic questions of; Why Are We Here? As a result, we live in denial.

It is no longer just an idea that

"people are afraid of taking responsibility, hence the avoidance of reasoning". You ever wonder why some people do the things they do? You ever stopped to ask; "do they think at all?" It goes on like that. We excuse evil and wrong so long as it conforms and comforts.

We practically suspended life and we pursue vanity because we haven't got the right answer to the question "Why Are We Here?"
We avoid at any cost the responsibility of reason or being reasonable. We are less mindful every day the standard is lowered.

Reasoning is being mindful

and being mindful is a product of meditation. It will really matter what you are meditating on.

Chögyam Trungpa believes thus; “Altogether, the idea of meditation is not to create states of ecstasy or absorption, but to experience being.”

What our world has achieved,

unfortunately is the reverse of what Chögyam Trungpa thinks.

We no longer experience being; but try to live in what is "perfect" according to the world and how to attain it at all costs.

The saying: "Non Nobis Solum Nati Sumus,"

(Not For Ourselves Alone Are We Born), should remind us that we owe our lives to 'others' and we must account to God in the end for what we have done.

After all have been said and done, what would you be remembered for?

"Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man." -Ecclesiastes 12:13 (KJV)

Peace.