The Quest for the Best

Recently I have had some thoughts regarding the blessed virtue of sacrifice. Within the realm of physics, I believe we are able to do anything we put our minds to. Limits are placed by our minds and the fear of failure or the doubt of success. In my life, hope, belief and hard work are core ingredients to any recipe for success. However, I have noticed that in my pursuit for the desires of my heart I have not been able to do everything I wished. I am forced to accept the vivid reality of a 24 hour day, a 7 day week and a 365 day calendar year. In addition to the mechanical tick tock of the clock, life moves on and chances pass by.

Time spent on the guitar takes from my books; time with friends is traded for time with my family. Time watching star wars is traded for time working on a drawing. Time running for office is traded for time running to work. Time saving the world is traded for time saving a youth. Time spent listening to music is traded for time listening to myself.

As Jim Collins wrote, the best is often at odds with the good.

Hence, there is a need within all of us, to determine what is really the best and bind ourselves with a firm determination to abide by it and sacrifice for it. It is my quest to know what is best and to live accordingly.

Henry Ward Beecher: It is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.

Helen Keller: Many persons have the wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.