WORTH READING 19 Jun 2007

Commitment
-By Olehil Fischer

I will never forget what my old headmaster told taught me. Normally when
you are only 15 years of age you do not remember most of the things that
are preached by your teachers. But, this particular story is one such
lesson that I will never forget. Every time I drift off course, I get
reminded of this story.

It was a normal Monday morning at an assembly, and he was addressing the
students on important things in life and about committing ourselves to
what is important to us. This is how the story went:

An old man lived in a certain part of London, and he would wake up every
morning and go to the subway. He would get the train right to Central
London, and then sit at the street corner and beg. He would do this
every single day of his life. He sat at the same street corner and
begged for almost 20 years.

His house was filthy, and a stench came out of the house and it smelled
horribly. The neighbors could not stand the smell anymore, so they
summoned the police officers to clear the place. The officers knocked
down the door and cleaned the house. There were small bags of money all
over the house that he had collected over the years.

The police counted the money, and they soon realized that the old man
was a millionaire. They waited outside his house in anticipation to
share the good news with him. When he arrived home that evening, he was
met by one the officers who told him that there was no need for him to
beg any more as he was a rich man now, a millionaire.

He said nothing at all; he went into his house and locked the door. The
next morning he woke up as usual, went to the subway, got into the
train, and sat at the street corner and continued to beg.

Obviously, this old man had no great plans, dreams or anything
significant for his life. We learn nothing from this story other than
staying focused on the things we enjoy doing, commitment.

We should remain true to our course; which may mean committing
yourselves to things that people around you would normally disapprove.
Let nothing distract us from being happy, let nothing else determine our
fate, but ourselves. What makes us happy is what matters in the end, not
what we acquire.

Contributed by PravsWorld

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