MAKING INPACT IN THE MIDST OF MEDIOCRITY

What is impact?
Why must I make impact?
What is mediocrity?

Impact is: effect, influence, power, meaning, significance.

A person who makes impact, is a person of power, a person of influence, a person of significance and of power.

Mediocrity is commonplaceness, inferiority, inability, dullness, insignificance and meaninglessness.

Everything created is created to benefit others. Everything created exists to add unto others, improve others, move others forward, make a meaningful difference in the life of others.

Everything created is created to spend its entire existence in the service of others. It expends itself to make meaning in the lives of others. Its maximum potentials is used in the service of others.

Everything created is created with its own significance. The significance of every entity is tied to use. When an entity focuses its entire existence on giving the best of its self in service to others, then it attains unto significance or relevance. Significance cannot be attained without use.

Everything created is supposed to be full of use. When it is used then it serves the purpose of its existence and it is said to be ‘useful’. The existence of any entity cannot be justified until it is put to full use. Until the entity is put to full use, it cannot enter into significance. When it is not used at all, or is not used in and to its full capacity, that is, it is used less or has less use, it is tagged as ‘useless’, and therefore fit only for the rubbish dump .

When an entity is used well and used in and to its full capacity it is said to be full of use, that is, it is USEFUL. When it is not used at all or it is not used well or its maximum benefit is not made manifest, it has no use or less use, that is, it is USELESS.

It has been said, time and time again that “when the purpose of a thing is not known, abuse is inevitable”. Abuse is simply ‘abnormal use’. Abnormal use is ‘out of the normal use’, abnormal use is ‘wrongful use’.

A successful, significant light bulb is one which has discovered that its purpose in its life is to give light, to illuminate; and it has committed its entire existence to giving the best of itself everywhere it is found. It has resolved within itself, that wherever it is found, it will shine at its brightest and best. The light bulb is thus celebrated and fulfilled as it functions in that which it was created to carry out.

When no one is benefiting , no one is being blessed, no one is being moved forward by the existence of this light bulb, then it is clear that the light bulb is a waste, a failure, fit only for the dust bin.

Success is tied to purpose. Significance is tied to use. Everyone has his own assignment field where his relevance is without rival. As a light bulb risks, wastes and ridicules its existence, operating as a door stopper, paper weight, etc, so also we jeopardise our lives and destinies when we function different to who/what we were created to be. When a light bulb is being made to function as a playing ball, then, the light bulb is being abused instead of being used.

Until each one of us finds his purpose and begins to move in it to fulfilment, we remain un-celebrated, good for nothing, irrelevant and insignificant.

Everyone and everything created is created to be full of use, that is, useful. When the full benefit of an entity’s existence is not enjoyed, then, that is either a result of abnormal use (wrongful use) of that entity or a malfunctioning of that entity.

Nothing created is created for itself. No one created is created for himself. Everyone created is created with significance, with relevance. No one is created useless. Everyone created is created full of use. Everyone therefore must seek to know his area of use or his area of relevance.

Each person created is good for something. Each person created is created for a definite purpose. Each life carries a definite meaning, a particular significance, but these can only attain optimum expression through full use.

Each person should seek to know the meaning, the relevance, the significance of his life and existence and therefore ask himself this, “who am I?”, that is, “what am I good for?”, where is the purpose that defines me?.

Use is good. A person, an entity cannot be celebrated, cannot be fulfilled until he/it has been put to full use. Abuse is not good. Abuse leads to damage, it leads to destruction. A person should avoid abuse by ensuring that he stays in the purpose for which he was created. When a person, an entity operates outside the purpose for which he/it was created, then he/it is being abused.

Significance, meaning, relevance can only be attained in the life of a person after he first, discovers the purpose for his existence, and then dedicates and commits his entirety to the fulfilment of that purpose.

Since every person, every entity is created for the useful benefit of others, it is therefore safe to conclude that anyone who does not prepare himself, or make himself available to be used for the benefit of others, cannot be significant nor relevant and is therefore a waste and fit only to be disposed of.

Let us therefore arise and say “enough of a life of abuse, enough of a useless life. From now we will live a life full of meaning, a life of significance, a life of power, of relevance, a life of IMPACT, a life of USEFULNESS.

No matter how deep the darkness we will shine our light to make the difference. We will commit ourselves to excellence, that mediocrity may completely evaporate. ~ KJO.