When
I was growing up, my father said something to me I will never forget, “Son,
when you were born, you cried while the world rejoiced. Live your life in such
a way that when you die the world cries while you rejoice.” We live in an age
when we have forgotten what life is all about. We can easily put a person on
the Moon, but we have trouble walking across the street to meet a new neighbor.
We can fire a missile across the world with pinpoint accuracy, but we have
trouble keeping a date with our children to go to the library. We have e-mail,
fax machines and digital phones so that we can stay connected and yet we live
in a time where human beings have never been less connected. We have lost touch
with our humanity. We have lost touch with our purpose. We have lost sight of
the things that matter the most.
Author: Robin Sharma