What should we do with this wonderful
gift of life that we have got? What is the ultimate goal that we should achieve
in life? Have you ever thought about this? Some believe that the ultimate aim
of life is to earn as much wealth as possible. Some believe that it is to earn
power or respect or status etc. And some others believe that it is just to
enjoy. And some considers life as a competition where the ultimate aim is to be
at the first place. And for some others, there is no aim at all..!!
Throughout our life we may strive
hard to achieve any of these things. But what will happen to all these wealth,
power and authority once the ‘lub-dub’ of our heart stops. Death is inevitable.
Nothing can save us from that. So what is the use all these worldly things if
we cannot take any of these with us after we are dead.
Let me quote a few lines from Thomas Gray’s "Elegy
Written in a Country Churchyard"
“The boast of heraldry, the pomp of
power,
And all that
beauty, all that wealth e'er gave,
Awaits alike the
inevitable hour.
The paths of
glory lead but to the grave.”
In these lines, the poet says that people may boast
of coming from noble families, or may possess power or may have immense wealth
or be a paragon of beauty but, death is waiting for all of them. All paths of
glory finally lead to death, the inevitable end.
So we
have to achieve something in our life that can overcome death. We can overcome
death by doing something that makes the world to remember us even after death. It
is universal human desire to be remembered after death. The ultimate aim of our
life must be to do something so that the world remembers us after death. Why we
call people like ‘Mahatma Gandhi’, ‘Mother Teresa’, ‘Albert Einstein’, or ‘Abraham
Lincoln’ as ‘great’ personalities? They are known as ‘great’ personalities
because we remember them even after their death. They were able to do certain
things that could overcome death. They were able to leave their footprints on
the sands of time.
We all can become great personalities like
them. Just do something good for the world. All of us have got one or the other
talent. Make use of the talents that God has given you in the right way. Let’s
add some meaning to our life. It’s now or never. We are not going to get
another chance. Who knows when the ‘lub-dub’ is going to stop? So if we want to
make our life larger and meaningful we have to do it now. Show the world what
you are capable of. Leave your footprints on the sands of time. Let the world
remember you with pride and love even after your death.
