“Consecration is dedicating the individual life to the service of others, to some noble mission, to realizing some unselfish ideal. Life is not something to be lived through; it is something to be lived up to. It is a privilege, not a penal servitude of so many decades on earth. Consecration places the object of life above the mere acquisition of money, as a finality. The man who is unselfish, kind, loving, tender, helpful, ready to lighten the burden of those around him, to hearten the struggling ones, to forget himself sometimes in remembering others,–is on the right road to happiness. Consecration is ever active, bold and aggressive, fearing naught but possible disloyalty to high ideals.” William George Jordan
When You Care About Others, You Will Find Happiness
I’ve been studying and enjoying the works of William George Jordan as I have for some time now and was very inspired by this part of his book called “Majesty of Calmness”. I really related to what it is saying because it has so much meaning in my life based on what I’m currently going through.
I’m dealing with a situation where if the person doing to me an unkind and un-deserving behavior was to embrace the words above from the wonderful passage by William George Jordan, then I would not be in the situation I’m currently in.
However, keep in mind that blaming others will only lead to anger and not taking responsibility in one’s life. So I’m careful not to fall in that trap because first of all, anger is a very disruptive behavior to self-improvement and personal growth. And secondly if I’m not taking responsibility for my life, as hard as it may be, when it seems others are out to get you, then I’m letting those other people determine and control my life.
I do believe in justice and doing what one feels is right to do, instead of just following the crowd or doing what everyone else is doing. Yes, I believe in making a stand when ethically, things aren’t right. You’ve got to fight for what you believe in or your life has little meaning and purpose.
When you are committed to self-improvement and lifelong learning, you don’t give in when things get rough because you have the confidence in yourself to do what is necessary and the smarts to do what’s right and stray away from what’s wrong. Timidity and fear fall away and are replaced by the thrill of doing everything so you can experience life to its fullest.
One important point I’d like to make is that even though I believe the person causing me a lot of troubles would learn from William George Jordan’s passage that I’ve written in this message, I also believe that it is meant for me to learn and grow from too. In other words, I believe that if something becomes apparent to you, or is done to you, or a challenge presents itself to you, that it is an opportunity for you to learn from it too, for yourself. And in doing so you grow beyond your current wisdom.
When I started writing this post, I wanted to talk more about the quote I picked out and because this post is already getting a bit lengthy, I’ll hold my comments to a short few. But read to the end because it’s well worth it :^)
My first comment is the word “consecration”. I had no idea what it meant and here’s what it means per dictionary.com, “to make or declare sacred”.
With this in mind, I read the first line as meaning, “If you want to have a sacred life, you must dedicate yourself to the service of others, to a noble mission, and to some unselfish ideal.”
Now that you’ve read this far, I’ve got the treat of my whole message to give to you right now. If only people would live their lives by this ideal, all would be great for everyone. In fact, my challenge would melt away like snow being penetrated by the spring sun. It goes like this…
The man who is unselfish, kind, loving, tender, helpful, ready to lighten the burden of those around him, to hearten the struggling ones, to forget himself sometimes in remembering others,–is on the right road to happiness.
Have a great week,
Kevin (Mister Self Help)
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