I look back at my life and think of times and activities that I’ve done that could one day lead to living a life of greatness.
I haven’t exactly followed much of a traditional path: No special private or Ivy League schools, no historical breakthroughs or recognitions. Just a man struggling to raise a family in the world.
So what is it?
I think I can agree that greatness, or a calling to greatness, first comes from within. A potency of character as I previously described. But what about the external factors, the actions leading up to that tipping point? How do I connect the internal disposition to the external world, to people?
Sometimes I fear that a singular, jolting event would transform my ordinary life into something more than ordinary. But that’s not the way I want it to happen. I want to lock into the target, put my head down and work hard as hell to crack the code.
That’s the purpose of this renewed 2010 focus. It’s not easy, though. I’m already feeling the blandness of days, where one runs into the other without fluctuation or variance. Where going through the motions is best effort, and emotional connectivity comes from “quality programming.”
And so the quest begins. The quest—the work and the action and faith and persistence—to turn the predicable and mundane into the beautiful, meaningful and yes, Great. Living with greatness everyday. That is my quest.
This is more than staying excited about something cool and inspirational long after it’s left town. It’s about getting to the essence, the core of my life, answering what feels to be a fated, destined call to greatness.