LIFE: Searching

Many people spend their lives trying to achieve the magnificent, believing that the magic of living exists only if manifested through grandiose action. If an act is not grand and awe inspiring, there might as well be point of doing it.

However, in their search for the magnificent, they tend to over look the many, little, ordinary things they could do, which, when seen as a whole, create a magnificent picture. In the material race to fulfill our moral obligation, we often fail to realize how our biggest challenge in life is to be able to excel in our very ordinariness, which would enable us to become majestic. As the Bible remarks: “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men”, thus do not seek glory in grand actions with which to gain the praise of your fellow beings: little deeds of kindness, done with the right intention and only to seek the pleasure of your Lord hold more importance.

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