Man's worth is measured by his dreams. For what is man's accomplishments without his dreams? And if man doesn't have either, he'd better have the other.
Martin Luther King Jr
Mahatma Karamchan Gandhi
Barack Hussein Obama
毛泽东
邓小平
Dr Mahathir bin Mohammad
Lim Goh Tong
Tunku Jaafar
Big thinkers play to win, not to lose. We typically aim for the biggest goals and dreams, never settling for anything less than number one. We set the pace of the competition. We set the benchmark for standards. We are the forefront of aspirations and dreams.
However, playing to win does not guarantee you will take them all. There is still hard work, grit, determination, preparedness and sometimes even luck which are major players in the outcome of any action. This typically means that sometimes, results just reel out of our control and that's bad. For control is the essence of guiding your own path to victory.
We may trip, we may fall, we may tumble downhill and we just may knock our head hard against the wall. We may hear nothing but doubts and discouragement. We see nothing but lives fueled by fear, fear of "bo liu", fear of losing a job, fear of… We may know nothing but a long line of failures.
But despair not. Where there is a will, there is a way. Time has proven that there is yet to be something that we cannot do. We've gone to the moon, we've flown like birds, we've explored underground caves, we've made every unimaginable thing a century ago possible today. We are a people of will and determination.
Days will be rainy, roads will be bumpy. But rest assured that at the end of the rainbow, there is ALWAYS a pot of gold waiting to be claimed by she who goes the distance.
We can afford to lose some battles, wear some scars and learn some lessons. There is absolutely nothing wrong in failure or mistakes. What is crucial is that we learn from them and never ever repeat them (Hence the significance of HISTORY, but that's another post altogether). Then, stand up again and fight tomorrow's battles we must.
For what is at stake are not mere battle victories. What is at stake is the war. There is only one war we fight, and failure in this war is not an option. So cry, think, dust off your knees and elbows and stand up and fight.
There are times in our life when we are faced with great challenges. There are times in our life when we are faced with great doubts. There are times in our life when we face denial, right in the face. These are the times that truly measure what we are worth. These are the times when we become who we are, or more than what we are.
These moments define our lives. These moments are our make-it or break-it point. These moments will be the moments whereby we measure periods of time from, the future henceforth.
We are a people of flesh and blood. We are a people of fear, greed and denial. We, too, are a people of hopes and dreams, will and determination.
Hence, the question posed when we are faced with great and overshadowing obstacles is, "Will we live up to our dreams?"
Men of Honor
