The Editor speaks: What’s important to me is unimportant to you
“Giving an insignificant thing your attention is a form of self-disrespect.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“Be kind to the things which are unimportant for you because at any time life can make them very important for you!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan
“We are unimportant creatures in this universe. We are all alone for the moment. Nobody has ever sent us any holy book or whatsoever. To survive in this universe we must first understand that nobody can help us, nobody but ourselves! To be important creatures in this universe means is to be able to shape this universe in such a way that our existence become everlasting!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan
“If you keep giving importance to unimportant things, you can never achieve important things!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan
“Sometimes we can’t quite put our finger on something important because we’ve got our fingers wrapped around so many other things that are not important.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough
“The real test of a saint is not one’s willingness to preach the gospel, but one’s willingness to do something like washing the disciples’ feet–that is, being willing to do those things that seem unimportant in human estimation but count as everything to God.”
― Oswald Chambers, My Utmost for His Highest
“There is not necessarily a correlation between how much time or effort a thing demands and how important or useful it is.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana
Yesterday was the most important day in my life. It was my birthday. Not just any birthday. It was my 77th birthday.
So what? There are millions of people who reach and pass 77 years!
Ah. But I was not supposed to be alive to reach 77. I announced to the world – actually to my Christian brethren – five years ago when I was told this devastating news from my doctors, I would celebrate my 77th birthday FIVEFOLD and wanted all my brothers to celebrate it with me.
As the years got nearer to my untimely death I reminded everyone that I was proving the doctors wrong and only God knows when that event is going to happen.
I reminded my Christian brethren last February 29th (yes it is Leap Year) my next birthday was going to be the most important one of my life. I wanted to share it with everyone and give God thanks.
Alas. The coronavirus put paid to the physical part but we still have the the Internet. Over the Internet last Sunday my 77th birthday was announced to the world.
Yesterday I waited. I did receive unexpected greetings.Wonderful…… Thank you….
Alas, there was not one greeting from the people I expected. Zero.
You see, what is important to me is not important to you.
That, my dear readers is a fact of life and I should have learn’t from all those quotes above.
It doesn’t mean we are not loved. We just don’t have time to see the same importance unless it is actually US!!
A lesson we all must learn.
