I Fear This Might Be Overlooked

LEST YOU FORGET

Many are the times we are tempted to disregard the little things that happen in our lives. We are unaware and take for granted the things we do automatically.

Consider this: you are not aware of how important your left shoe is until you cannot trace where you kept it the last time you wore it. You are probably unaware of the importance of your right hand until you lose it. What about that friend that you have always scorned, ridiculed, ignored or maybe gossiped about? What about him? You may not know his importance until you lose him. What about your talents, your God-given gifts or abilities? You may never know about them unless you explore them.

It is my firm conviction that every human being has a passion for something, has some talent, or is gifted in something. Our levels of exploring the gifts bestowed upon us are what set the world apart from mediocre people. Statistics show that we mostly only utilize 5% of our brainpower in our lifetimes and the other 95% goes down the drain. I beg to ask then, why have the 95% for it to be wasted? We either do not know or are unaware of our potential or are simply in the wrong kind of profession. It is true that there are some multi-faceted people among us, meaning one can be a very talented brain surgeon for instance and still be a very good writer. I am reminded of one Dr. Yusuf Dawood. He juggles between an extremely busy medical schedule and still has time of his favorite pastime, writing. His passion for writing knows no limits. He is a regular columnist for The Sunday Nation a local daily and writes a column called “Surgeons Diary” every Sunday. Why are you not using your full potential? Why let 95% of your abilities just go down the drain? Remember the simple rule is, for whatever you do not you lose it automatically. It is that simple. You fail to use anything that is dealt you; you lose it. That is the rule.

Hence, each day we should strive to discover our own abilities. We should endeavor to explore all possibilities of survival because as someone rightfully put it, “it is a jungle out there.” Our world is full of heroism, selfishness malice and jealousy that we must carefully wade through in our everyday living. We must strive to find our place in this vast room we call life and draw our cards cautiously lest we forget our purpose and sense of direction in our quest for achievement.Live a full life.

Let us in our own personal way seek to be an equal among equals.

By Chris K. Kihara