When you mention
Mandela - you think freedom, mention Martin Luther - you think
Equality. Its almost as if someone can figure out your next words
after you invoke such names.
The more clear your
purpose is, the more easy it is for the people around you or people
who work with you to know first hand where you are and where you want
to wind up. It is this clarity that speaks more to them. Clarity of
purpose is more than words, its the whole psychology around you that
speaks louder about your mission and your vision. Louder than your
rhetoric's. It is so loud that you don't need to bring it up. When
someone mentions your name, its the first thing that crops up.
Radiating purpose
can not be build within a day. Radiating purpose is infectious. Such
purpose is cultivated not only by working on the subject mater but
through working on all the factors that define you.
On an ordinary 1st
December of 1955 in Montgomery - Alabama, an African American lady
refused bluntly to give up her seat as ordered by the bus driver. Now
I say 'ordinary day' because then, that was the status quo. This one
event had a ripple effect that richocheyd throughout history and
redefined not just her life, neither the lives of a specific
community, neither the lives of a nation, but reverberated across the
world. This one action was part of the plot among others that led to
a constitution being changed.
Now, please note
that Rosa Parks action in the moment had this effect not because she
was a woman, neither because of the mood of the country but this all
lay with one part of her - her personality - her purpose. Note, this
was not the first time that Rosa had clashed with the driver, neither
was she the first African American woman to not give in her seat. Her
determination for a just system was in her core DNA. It surrounded
her every where she went. Imagine if she was arrested and on going to
the police station, the cops identified her as the local drunk or any
other vice. Imagine if she had issues due to negative traits with her
neighbors, who would have come out in support? Yes she would have
resisted the bus driver, but would it have gone down history as it
did?
Simply no. Her one action depended on all her other aspects of
life. She had to have lived in total harmony and leave no room to
stain her purpose.
Your Purpose is
connected to every aspect of your life. Its connected to every word
that comes out of your mouth.
Your greatest
witness is your back - how people see you when you don't see them.
Its defined when your not trying to define it. Your greatest task
therefore is on you. Work hard on you and create that distinctive and
persuasive character around you. An aura that smells like sweet
incense burning, surrounding every part of you, defining you. When
people can see this, then they can follow you with the least need for
instructions and without much hesitation.
Its Yours, if your it
