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Someone told me "be great in '08". Sounded good.
Be great........in '08.
Be great.
Be great in everything. Not just this year, but in everything all the time.
Be great in school
Be great in work
Be great in home, in play, in riding, in hiking, in exploring. Be great in everything.
Why not? It sounds easy enough. It sounds like a good way to live anyway. But what is greatness? What does that mean? Does it mean the accomplishment of some goal? Does it mean being better than the guy next door? Having that shinny thing, or new part, or new bike? Is that great? Or, is it merely to be happy? Happy with what you've got now. Happy with the direction you've put yourself in.
I think to be great in the sense of how you're livin' is to be happy. To have a level of contentment with who you are.
But it's difficult to be great all the time. It can be done though.
I think it comes down to that first decision of a new goal. In every decision we must ask ourselves if this particular step is going to bring us closer to happiness. Is this decision, be it to turn left, or to turn right going take us that one step closer toward greatness? Toward accomplishing that goal of happiness? Will this small decision be in the correct direction for my happiness, or am I satisfying some other need (like greed, anger, or jealousy).
To be happy, truly happy, will require some small amount of personal sacrifice I'm sure. Anger, greed and jealousy are very real emotions that I can't take lightly. They affect my young mind, and have a profound effect on my decisions. We need to stop and take a look around and ask the simple question. "Does this take me in the direction of happiness?" Once the question is asked the decision can be made with a clarity that was not there before and perhaps then we can achieve the ultimate goal.
The goal of happiness.
Be great in '08 people.