Insignificance.
Going to college. Coming Home. Doing Assignments. Hanging out with friends.
Going to work. Coming Home. Planning lunch. Going out for movies.
Small and Insignificant.
Doing nothing productive. Nothing Great for the greater of the world.
That's something one would think.
One question: are ants important?
Ants are not insignificant.
They are important builders for their nest.
AND
Everyone is as significant as the ants.
Layman or professional, we make a change in our own way.
Mitch Albom's the Five People you meet in Heaven.
tells a story of blaming, dwelling in the past and the 'I should have done'.
A small, insignificant role of a mechanic in the theme park, where people don't even remember his name correctly.
Until he goes to heaven and meet people that are waiting to tell him a story of what a significant person he was in their life.
Eddie never knew an act of running out on the street to collect his toy would cause the Blue Man to swerve, have a heart attack later and die.
Eddie was not the direct cause of the man's death but a significant person that is indirectly linked to the man's death.
Not significant? Eddie was important. In the Blue Man's life. And the other four people waiting for him in heaven.
Just as he is to the girl he risked his life to safe.
Important. Present. Significant.
Pick a copy to read if you have the time.
For One More Day is good too.
Great story. Great lesson.
