That's the number of people on this planet as I write this blog post today. Can out world sustain more people? What's the limit?
Today we are seeing the weather change before our eyes. Our planet is getting warmer. All the icebergs are melting at a faster rate. The sea level is slowly, but surely, rising every year. Are we like frogs in a pot of boiling water?
Children - that's our legacy. I was told parents are only as good as the children they brought up. When I was growing up, we didn't have much riches like how the rich people in the city had. We played mostly with our imagination. But I remember my mother telling me to keep the family name good, never to spoil it. I was my mother's legacy. But will my children know or remember my parents? I don't remember my parents parents. Do you? Do you know who they are or what they accomplished in life?
But what about those among us who have no children? What is their legacy? Who will remember them? Look at all those living alone in old folks homes. Do you know their story?
When I was young, I was keen to know about others. But now I live mainly in my own world. I care only for myself. Is it wrong? Don't get me wrong - if my neighbour calls for help, I will run. But I don't know much about my neighbour. I don't know what he does or what he accomplished.
All this makes me wonder that we're nothing. Even our heir doesn't remember us after a decade or two.
Our task in life is to live everyday to the best that we can. Don't worry about what the future will think of you. Because they wont. People don't think of you as much as you think they do. Their busy thinking about themselves. To them, their important, not you. All you can do is to leave a material legacy - donate to a organization that will bear your name somewhere on its premise. Giving to organizations like World Vision or Child Care wont matter because your donor doesn't see you. To them, all they see if the money and the representative that gives them the money. To be remembered, you must give your time and go out there.
Mother Theresa didn't have money. So she gave people what she had in abundance, her time. And the whole world knows about her, even after her death.
If you have no legacy to leave behind, consider giving your time to the world. You can only receive if you give. That, unfortunately, is the laws of Mother Nature. Give and you will get. Like compounding interest, you have to put your money in before you can claim your interest. So start giving of your time in your local community.
Start small, make a difference.
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