Achieving and good deeds

I do believe that most of us have all got a desire to achieve as much as we possibly can in our lives, some of us set out to try and get the best, or reach the top but if that alway dont work out, because you have aimed so high you were more than likely achieve second best. So why not go all out and try to achieve the best you can as after all this life is short but we have all got so much potential, we can all do great things for our selves and for this world. In the film "evan almighty" a similar quote mentioned in the film that really stuck out was "you want to know how to change the world, produce one good deed at a time" it was something along thoes lines. But its true if every one takes their part in doing good wouldnt we live in a much better world? although this is an argument that really has no end, there would always be the thought of "what can I get out of this situation". Would this mean that wanting to achieve more to have a better future for your self is wrong? no not at all, its the decision's that we make in life that have a impact on our good and bad deeds.

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The road to achievement is going to have its highs and lows, it would not be an achievement if it didn't. So take everything in its stride and roll on to the day that you have actually been waiting for. Give a helping hand along the way as that person may also be on their way to achieving, a story which always stuck out for me was the parable of the good Samaritan.


"A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who both stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead. By chance a certain priest was going down that way. When he saw him, he passed by on the other side. In the same way a Levite also, when he came to the place, and saw him, passed by on the other side. But a certain Samaritan, as he traveled, came where he was. When he saw him, he was moved with compassion, came to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. He set him on his own animal, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. On the next day, when he departed, he took out two denarii, and gave them to the host, and said to him, 'Take care of him. Whatever you spend beyond that, I will repay you when I return.' Now which of these three do you think seemed to be a neighbour to him who fell among the robbers?"

He said, "He who showed mercy on him."

Then Jesus said to him, "Go and do likewise."                    ( Luke 10:30–37, World English Bible)

Religious or not its a parable that I think we should all abide by, even though many of us would think "I would be that good Samaritan" but when the situation comes its a totally different story. But maybe that's how we begin to change this world not by thinking of what can I do to help feed a nation, or stop a war but by producing one good deed at a time "slowly but surely".