Let’s Do Our Part
Today’s post is by my guest blogger Dan Lillpop. You can catch Dan over at his blog, Big Life Links.
There’s an old story told about four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody and Nobody. An important job had to be done, and EVERYBODY was sure that SOMEBODY would do it. ANYBODY could have done it, but NOBODY did it. SOMEBODY got angry about that, because it was EVERYBODY’S job. EVERYBODY thought ANYBODY could do it and that SOMEBODY would do it. But NOBODY realized that EVERYBODY thought SOMEBODY would do it. It ended up that EVERYBODY blamed SOMEBODY when NOBODY did what ANYBODY could have done.
There are a multitude of problems facing our nation and the world, and EVERYBODY seems to be pointing an accusing finger at SOMEBODY as being the cause of all the trouble. ANYBODY could be the blame, but the fact is that NOBODY seems to be accepting responsibility for the fix we’re in.
At the height of the Civil War, President Lincoln said, “The occasion is piled high with difficulty, but we must arise to the occasion.”
President Elect Obama is assuming “an occasion piled high with difficulty.” His job is huge, and there are many who are looking to him as the solution to the multitude of problems facing this country, but we need to be looking closer to home. Yes, there is much he can do, but a long-lasting solution will only be discovered as each of us begins living more responsibly in our own little world. Instead of pointing a finger in the direction of Washington, maybe the best thing would be for each of us to determine some things we can do to make our world a better place.
“It’s time that we woke up and smelled the coffee” . . . It’s time that we face the fact that what we have tried isn’t working . . . It’s time that we face the fact that something is radically wrong with the way we have chosen to operate and live our lives in today’s world. We can try to put the blame in any number of places, but the bottom line is that our present conditions are the result of choices we have made. At the expense of some valuable assets in our society, we have made some deadly decisions which we have been told would bring us a better quality of life. It hasn’t worked, and it won’t work. It’s time for us to return to the basics.
We need to draw from the right RESOURCE. If our problems are to be solved, we must draw from the right resource . . . We must seek out wisdom from above.
We need to be RECEPTIVE to the instruction given. The answer we need may not always be what we want to hear . . . It may not be in agreement with other more popular answers . . . It may not be easy, but if we have gone to the right resource, we need to be receptive to the instruction we are given.
We need to be RESPONSIVE to the instructions we have received. The best plan in the world won’t work if we don’t. What we’ve tried hasn’t work, maybe it’s time we changed plans.
The need of the hour is great. It is indeed “an occasion piled high with difficulty,” but we must arise to the occasion and do our part to make the world a better place.
Written by: Dan Lillpop from www.biglifelinks.com/blog
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Persevere:


