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whatever “it” is, when you are around it, you recognize it when you encounter it.Kings and queens were rewarded and accorded greatness by the belief of their subjects that since they were royalty, they must therefore be great from birth. It was a commonly held assumption in antiquity.Some people chase greatness like an elusive prize they can somehow grasp if they just achieve certain goals. But greatness is hard to capture.It may appear shimmering and glimmering before you, a bright shiny object so tantalizingly close and attainable. All you have to do is reach out and grab it.But greatness is a concept, not a material object, and it is often hard to catch up with. Some chase it all their lives, only to have their ship of hope dashed on the rocks of despair.They are like a shipwrecked ruin, a cast-off hulk of failure washed up on a beach of desolation, of failed hopes and buried dreams that bear mute testimony to the difficulty of achieving greatness by desire alone.You can’t buy or rent greatness. You cannot order people to treat you like you are great.They will just laugh at you, to your face or behind your back. You can seek it all your life and never find it, never realize the satisfaction of capturing it.You cannot force others to recognize the greatness only you see in yourself.To achieve financial success and greatness in the outside world you need to make all the right choices at all the perfect times, to be in tune with the wishes of the majority, and

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to be in the right place at the right time.But we are long past the days of kings and queens, and we need to recognize there are other forms of greatness we can all aspire to.We don’t need to conquer other countries or seize political power like Julius Cesar crossing the Rubicon. Or Alexander the Great, a man whose very name was synonymous with military greatness in the old world order.There is a certain kind of simpler, gentler greatness too. The kind of greatness that inspires and leads by example but in a quieter way.Like the conservationists fighting the good fight to save our planet. Lonely voices in a sea of indifference and tragic denial of the truth.Like the single parents raising their children by sacrificing and budgeting and doing without and still teaching them proper values.Like the grandparents that take in their abandoned grandchildren when they are well into retirement age rather than let them be institutionalized.Like the idealists who insist on speaking truth to power, no matter the political danger and consequences to themselves.Like the dreamers who envision a better world for all of us and will sacrifice their lives if necessary to achieve it against all odds.This is the new definition of greatness, and it is within the reach of each of us to attain it. It requires sacrifice, it demands the truth, and it’s hard work.We are all human, we are all heroes, we can all be great. We are all connected…</article></body>

Greatness-Do You Have It-Do You Even Want it in the First Place

Some people are born to greatness-Most have to work at it

They say some people are born to greatness. In the old days, kings and queens were assumed to be blessed with it at birth. Shakespeare wrote about it in his play, “Twelfth Night.” “Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.”

The nature of greatness is how it is measured by other people. Greatness does not exist in a vacuum. Being great means to be recognized as great by others. To be great, you have to do great things.

To be great, you need a collective affirmation of your achievements. You have to be able to inspire other people, set them afire with the desire to be like you, to follow you, to become like you.

Most people dream smaller dreams and are content with just a touch of proximity to greatness, a brush with destiny, a moment of magic.

A taste of reflected glory, an illumination of a grand destination to strive for, and an affirmation of hope and destiny.

When you are in the presence of greatness, you know it, you sense it, you feel it deep inside. Whatever greatness is, whatever “it” is, when you are around it, you recognize it when you encounter it.

Kings and queens were rewarded and accorded greatness by the belief of their subjects that since they were royalty, they must therefore be great from birth. It was a commonly held assumption in antiquity.

Some people chase greatness like an elusive prize they can somehow grasp if they just achieve certain goals. But greatness is hard to capture.

It may appear shimmering and glimmering before you, a bright shiny object so tantalizingly close and attainable. All you have to do is reach out and grab it.

But greatness is a concept, not a material object, and it is often hard to catch up with. Some chase it all their lives, only to have their ship of hope dashed on the rocks of despair.

They are like a shipwrecked ruin, a cast-off hulk of failure washed up on a beach of desolation, of failed hopes and buried dreams that bear mute testimony to the difficulty of achieving greatness by desire alone.

You can’t buy or rent greatness. You cannot order people to treat you like you are great.

They will just laugh at you, to your face or behind your back. You can seek it all your life and never find it, never realize the satisfaction of capturing it.

You cannot force others to recognize the greatness only you see in yourself.

To achieve financial success and greatness in the outside world you need to make all the right choices at all the perfect times, to be in tune with the wishes of the majority, and to be in the right place at the right time.

But we are long past the days of kings and queens, and we need to recognize there are other forms of greatness we can all aspire to.

We don’t need to conquer other countries or seize political power like Julius Cesar crossing the Rubicon. Or Alexander the Great, a man whose very name was synonymous with military greatness in the old world order.

There is a certain kind of simpler, gentler greatness too. The kind of greatness that inspires and leads by example but in a quieter way.

Like the conservationists fighting the good fight to save our planet. Lonely voices in a sea of indifference and tragic denial of the truth.

Like the single parents raising their children by sacrificing and budgeting and doing without and still teaching them proper values.

Like the grandparents that take in their abandoned grandchildren when they are well into retirement age rather than let them be institutionalized.

Like the idealists who insist on speaking truth to power, no matter the political danger and consequences to themselves.

Like the dreamers who envision a better world for all of us and will sacrifice their lives if necessary to achieve it against all odds.

This is the new definition of greatness, and it is within the reach of each of us to attain it. It requires sacrifice, it demands the truth, and it’s hard work.

We are all human, we are all heroes, we can all be great. We are all connected…