Albert Einstein once said “A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.”
And still, we run away from mistakes as if it is the best way to become better.
It isn’t. It is a surefire way to stay where you are
and never evolve as a person. We must accept our mistakes.
We must accept our limits and use them to grow. “Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them.”
We become able to run after what we want. And to start the journey to become a master.
But this journey is hard. It requires all of you.
Your strength, your endurance, your time. “Only one who devotes himself to a cause with
his whole strength and soul can be a true master. For this reason, mastery demands all of a person.”
It demands you are a hundred percent committed to the cause.
And that is why most people stay still. They give up before they even start.
So, they never discover their strength. They never feel at peace. They find that something
is missing because they can’t move forward. “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your
balance, you must keep moving.” The only way is forward.
And every time someone tries to ignore this statement, they are stalling their progress.
You won’t beat reality by closing your eyes to what is.
“A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be.”
Only then can he solve his problems and the problems of the people around him.
It is easier to just give up.
To go back to our comfort zone and our well-known behaviors.
But if we don’t change, we can never make progress.
We can never create something new that will make our lives better.
Because “no problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it.”
You must change your consciousness if you want to change the world.
In order to give back. I have received so much from this world.
A life, the sun, the rain, my family, nature. “A hundred times every day I remind myself that my
inner and outer life are based on the labors of other men, living and dead and that I must exert
myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving.”
I must give back. And you must too.
Because that is the way to keep things beautiful. Always look for more.
Look beyond. Question everything around you.
“The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existence.”
Curiosity exists so we have an incentive to look for the answers that plague humanity.
So, we will discover how to make life better. How to go beyond the stars.
How to expand our limits and experience things that existed
only in imagination until the very moment people made them a reality.
Our capacity to see the potential in the things in life is what moves us forward.
“He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe is as good as dead;
his eyes are closed.” So, open your eyes.
Appreciate the beauty of the world. Appreciate the fact that you are alive.
So many people would like to be in your place right now.
Because even with your problems, and pain, and suffering, you are alive.
You can do something for yourself and for the world.
Just pause for a moment and imagine all the possibilities.
“Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge
is limited. Imagination encircles the world.” “Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination
will take you everywhere.” It will take you on the best ride of your life.
Some may think what you’re trying to do is impossible.
They’ll think you’re crazy. And sometimes you’ll have your doubts.
I often do. “A question that sometimes drives me hazy — am I
or are the others crazy?” Am I going too far?
Am I aiming for the impossible? Or are others just small-minded?
Blind to all their potential. And though doubts creep in,
most of the time I think I’m right. Because I see people who succeeded.
I see they are bold and brave. They carved their chance when no one believed in them.
And they got to the top. Some may call it talent.
I call it hard work. I call it curiosity. I call it persistence.
“I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.”
And that has been enough until now. And that can take you far.
Even if you meet resistance. If you are on the journey to
success, you’ll most certainly will. “Great spirits have always encountered violent
opposition from mediocre minds.” That is the truth.
People become unsettled when they see someone breaking all the rules.
They learned to listen to common sense. Respect the authorities. Do what you’re told.
But “unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.”
And the truth is we are trained at school to obey and become the norm.
Become mediocre.
And our only chance to succeed is to break free from this spell.
“Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.”
When we forget how we were told to behave, is when we discover our strength.
No fear and no reward are able to hold you back. “Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to
be restrained by fear of punishment and hopes of reward after death.”
Don’t fall for the fear of death or the promise of a fake reward in the future
for giving up who you are. Live your life now.
Speak your truth. “Science can flourish
only in an atmosphere of free speech.” “The world is a dangerous place to live; not
because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.”
Do something. Do your best.
Keep looking for the answers. Keep learning to become better.
“Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.”
And as you build this knowledge, learn how to use it to connect with yourself and others.
Use it to connect with nature.
“Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.”
Every place in the world is filled with answers to the most diverse problems.
You just have to really look at it. We are not alone.
“A human being is part of a whole called by us ‘Universe’.”
And the Universe can give you what you want if you’re willing to go after it.
If you are willing to develop yourself to the fullest.
“All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity
for development accorded the individual.”
But few people are willing to develop themselves to make the world better.
Few people are willing to sacrifice their preconceived ideas to form a new reality.
“Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ
from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even
incapable of forming such opinions.” “Small is the number of people who see
with their eyes and think with their minds.” Most people will stay the same forever.
And that is dangerous. People like that are incapable
of seeing the bigger picture and realizing that the success of the world can be your success.
That doing something for others is doing something for yourself.
“Concern for man and his fate must always form the chief interest of all technical”
endeavors. Never forget this in the midst of your diagrams and equations.
Never forget all is not just for your ego, but to make life better.
You become successful when you provide value. And what is value if not helping other people?
But amidst all the chaos and confusion it is easy to want to give up.
It is easy to see only ugliness and ask yourself “why am I doing this?”
But when you feel this way, I want you to remember.
“There are two ways to live: you can live as if nothing is a miracle;
you can live as if everything is a miracle.” The first way only brings disillusionment.
You can’t see the beauty in life. You can’t see your power to shape your reality.
But the second brings you joy and accomplishment because you value everything you create.
You know you are powerful. And you are grateful for that.
So, you make every second of your journey count, by bringing joy and success into the world.