What is greatness? To me it means etching your name in history through contribution to your community, your country or to the planet. That is the purpose of life...to have your life mean something to others, to contribute towards the greater good, to be remembered fondly by others after passing on.
Life is hardly about one upmanship, chasing after wealth or power. To me wealth or power should be a byproduct of greatness, not the other way around.
Obviously not all of us can be Gandhi or Abraham Lincoln, so we will need to have the right scale of greatness. We will have to find our very own personal greatness road map.
It would be great to share your life story with your grandchildren someday (if they would like to listen). And I'm sure they would want to listen to your story if you lived a great life.
It would be really sad if in your deathbed, you realize that you squandered your life on passing clouds and never aimed for greatness.
I wonder what passes through the minds of people who cheated and lied to acquire wealth and power at the point of death, those who complicated their life over fleeting pleasures...Would they repent or would they think it was all worth it?
Personally I would rather let out a satisfied sigh over a great life before passing on. Perhaps we Malaysians need to look for some modern role models whom we should look up to....Richard Branson, Tony Fernandez, Nelson Mandela, etc.
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