"You can not satisfy everyone." It is a statement based on the everyday and proven experience that there will always be one person or an opinion that will not agree with yours. It is the resignation of one who had arrived at a point of decision without achieving full agreement from everybody. If this is the case, does it mean then that no decision or project can be made without anyone disagreeing? Does it mean that no project will be successful? Is success equivalent to the agreement of everyone?
But given that it is hard to have, at times, a unanimous decision on certain matters, it is still a good attitude to aim for perfection in order to set a high standard in one's work. "Be perfect as my Father is perfect", says Jesus Christ. To give the best is always a good attitude which brings the best if not the perfect result. Also, it makes one always humble yet aspiring go greatness
In the end, what matters is that I had done what I believe should and could do. Having left no stone unturned had given me sleeps that were sound because I was spared from the thought that I could have done more or should have done this or that. I had given my best and if my best was not good enough, I had accepted it with all humility. It served as a challenge and inspiration for me to go on and not get discouraged. "When the going gets rough, the Christian gets going!"
All of these failures and successes should converge to a certain purpose. Salvation! Yes, it is the bottom line and goal of everything. Not mere success. What really matters is the end for which life had been lived. We do not live for this world alone. Successes are not the only requirement for eternal life. Nor failures are life's minuses and therefore an obstruction for entry into heaven. It is about the whole of life. It is about attitudes, intentions, the heart and the spirit of living. After having loved, believed, and hoped, God would look at how we have loved, believed, and hoped.
Eureka! It is not about satisfying anyone or everyone. It is about satisfying God. It is about following His will. That is what is life is about. To belong to God and be obey Him at all times.
But given that it is hard to have, at times, a unanimous decision on certain matters, it is still a good attitude to aim for perfection in order to set a high standard in one's work. "Be perfect as my Father is perfect", says Jesus Christ. To give the best is always a good attitude which brings the best if not the perfect result. Also, it makes one always humble yet aspiring go greatness
In the end, what matters is that I had done what I believe should and could do. Having left no stone unturned had given me sleeps that were sound because I was spared from the thought that I could have done more or should have done this or that. I had given my best and if my best was not good enough, I had accepted it with all humility. It served as a challenge and inspiration for me to go on and not get discouraged. "When the going gets rough, the Christian gets going!"
All of these failures and successes should converge to a certain purpose. Salvation! Yes, it is the bottom line and goal of everything. Not mere success. What really matters is the end for which life had been lived. We do not live for this world alone. Successes are not the only requirement for eternal life. Nor failures are life's minuses and therefore an obstruction for entry into heaven. It is about the whole of life. It is about attitudes, intentions, the heart and the spirit of living. After having loved, believed, and hoped, God would look at how we have loved, believed, and hoped.
Eureka! It is not about satisfying anyone or everyone. It is about satisfying God. It is about following His will. That is what is life is about. To belong to God and be obey Him at all times.
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