I believe that the Lord is calling each and everyone of us onward and upward. I believe that He is calling us to walk in the paths of greatness. As children of the most high king, I believe that we are being called to be the very best students at our schools, the very best employees where we work, the very best citizens in our communities, the very best at whatever we do whenever and wherever we do it.

Zig Ziglar once stated, “Success means doing the best we can with what we have. Success is in the doing, not in the getting; in the trying, not in the triumph. Success is a personal standard, reaching for the highest that is in us, becoming all that we can be. If we do our best, we are a success. Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.”

Ziglar, Zig. ThinkExist.com Quotations. Available from Internet, ttp://en.thinkexist.com/quotes/zig_ziglar/

One of my favorite examples of success is Sir Winston Churchill. He had to overcome tremendous obstacles including the rejection of his father and a certain distance between himself and his mother. Nonetheless, early in his life Churchill decided to excel. He wanted a life not just an existence. He wanted to make his mark, do his bit, play his role, and to know that he had “walked in the paths of greatness.” To merely exist was no bet­ter than death. He simply believed that one can either watch history or else make history. It was up to him. He choose to be one of those who made history.

Life is full of choices. Why not make a choice to be all that God intended for you to be? Why not chose to make a difference today?

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