I am reading The
Values Factor: The Secret to Creating an Inspired and Fulfilling Life By Dr. John Demartiini and want to share this with you:
Only by being true to yourself can you
maintain your integrity, achieve your own authority, and find the fulfillment
that you inwardly seek. The alternative was chillingly described by Emerson’s
contemporary Henry David Thoreau, who wrote, “The mass of men live lives of
quiet desperation. What is called resignations confirmed desperation.“ Thoreau
saw quite clearly that most people never tap into what really inspires them.
Instead, they subordinate themselves to social idealisms (what they think they “ought”
to do), the values of others whom they look up to, or their own limited beliefs
about what is possible for them. They stand in sharp contrast to the people who
dare to leave a legacy by creating a life based on their highest values, a life
that makes a unique contribution to current and future generations of humanity.
Isn't it interesting that so many people
subordinate themselves to great leaders – political, religious, and artistic
leaders – and yet, the great leaders achieved their influence precisely by not subordinating themselves? Great
leaders refuse to placate the social norm or to remain stuck in stagnate
traditions or old paradigms. Instead, they embrace the challenge of giving
birth to new ideas and new visions, and succeed in making significant and novel
contributions to the world.
(The Values Factor:
The Secret to Creating an Inspired and Fulfilling Life
By
Dr. John Demartiini © 2013; Berkley Books, New York, NY; p. 34)
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