Monday, February 6, 2006

Message in a Bottle

A short time before he was assassinated, Mohandas Gandhi was asked what his most key message was. His answer was short, to the point and oh so eloquent. His response? "My life is my message".

When we look back at the life Gandhi led, it's quite easy to understand his statement. In fact, examining the lives of all sorts of leaders, celebrities and spiritual figures will net the same kind of result. Yet, too often, each of us fails to recognize that EVERY life is a message too. It doesn't matter how seemingly important or unimportant a life is. It doesn't matter if you're rich and powerful or poor and impotent.

Our lives are OUR messages to the world.

It's not so much how we each comport ourselves in so-called defining moments. It's not how we each choose to react to glowing successes, dismal failures or unexplained tragedy. No, it's housed in the more mundane aspects of every day existence.

It's how we treat others when no one else is looking. It's how we relate to Mother Nature. It's how we think silently inside our heads before springing or not springing into action. It's who we are day in and day out.

What is your message to the world?

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