There are three things that control our lives – time, wealth and health.
When we are young, we have time – time to play, explore, waste and to be curious. When we are young, we have health, energy, and strength. But most of us don’t have wealth.
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We don’t have it all, we don’t have all the money in the world and we can’t buy everything we want. As we get older, we still have our health – it may not be the same, but it’s still there.
But now we have more wealth, we have a home, we have devices and possessions. We have a car and access to things. But we don’t always have time.
Money can buy a house but not a home, a bed but not sleep can buy a book but not knowledge, can buy a clock but not time, earn us a title but not respect. Those of us who think we have no time for our health will sooner or later have to find time to attend to our illness.
When we are young, we have time and health but no money. When we are older, we have money and health but no time. Finally, in old age, we have money and time, but no health to use that wealth.
So what do we do? We can have it all, just not at the same time. We place so much pressure on ourselves, trying to get everything, to be perfect, to balance – not recognising that it’s none of those things that actually create happiness or fulfillment in life.
As we get older, time, health and wealth will be taken away from us. But one thing that can’t be taken away from us is the impact we have on others. Because it lives on through them.
Our health is our foundation of how we can build our time and wealth. There are two key principles – we become successful by what we get and we become happy by what we give.
What we give includes our time, our wealth and our energy. And when those things are used to make a positive difference in the lives of others, to help others move forward to make an impact, that legacy will never be taken away.
People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, BUT people won’t forget how you made them feel.
Submitted by Dharam Sewraj
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