I watched this movie expounding the glories of entrying innto Havard...almost as if getting there was obtaining a one way ticket to Heaven!
Now someone tell me...who made Havard the reference for education? Or maybe the question I should be asking is, who said University Education is the definition of success...I meditated on these on Monday (June 11) and guess what on Friday, Yahoo carried another hyped 'Havard success story'. Is Havard or someone out there trying to change our thinking? Ok, I don't have anyhting personal against Havard or getting a good education. It's a course I actually champion. Abandoned Teen Heads to Harvard , is a very inspirational story but what the writer has no knowledge of is the conclusion of the matter. That said, allow me to suggest identifiers for defining true success. True success should have the following characteristics:
- Eternal value quotient (EVQ): We can be high flying achievers but if this does not materialize into positive change which transforms our lives for the better (for eternity), there's something fundamentally wrong with it. You don't need to seek far to discover that God made humans to desire eternity. Some things/activities/achievements are high in EVQ while others are not. Education is good if the focus is not on the education but on the benefits obtained from getting the education. That said, you'll agree with me that good education is one which has the ability to change a man, woman or child positively. This can be found in any educational establishment, anywhere around the world and not in some self promoting elite establishment!
- Values God and morality: Any success that distracts a man from God or seeks to hide or reject God totally is destruction rather than success. God made man, and is therefore better placed to lead man. Sin seeks to destroy man, leaving in it's a place a beast willing to obey the dictates of the first ever rebel...the devil. You can read about his act here.
Everything else (blessings), are just add-ons as a result of being God's glory seeking minded (Mathew 6:33).
Are your pursuits geared towards obtainging true success?
Now even none bilbe believing folks are using the Bible to teach financial principles:
What the Bible Can Teach You About Investing Today ? Check it out, its a 'wowser'! I call it Biblenomics!
And sports make rich...hillarious http://finance.yahoo.com/news/want-a-9--raise--hit-the-gym.html
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Inspite of what you may think after reading all of this, take sometime out and honestly ask yourself this question. What will it profit me, if I gain all that is achievable here on Earth and wake up to find myself before a God I totally/partially ignored while things seemed to be going good for me.
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