I bet it's on days like today that the guy who invented umbrellas is sitting somewhere in the spirit world, nodding his head, smiling slyly, and saying to every passerby - "Yeah...you can thank me for that later." I know that's what I'd be doing if I'd invented such a simply ingenious device.
Sometimes I think about the judgment day, when we'll all stand accountable for our creations and actions, and it occurs to me how sad it will be for someone who spent their life making those ugly little figurines that they sell at dollar stores. "Well Joe, what did you do with your life?" I'd ask the guy waiting in line next to me. "Oh, ya know," he'd say, "I haphazardly constructed useless pieces of junk..." That would be a sad day indeed to fess up to that one. I think even sadder yet would be to be the person who actually bought the things. Seriously, think about it. They wouldn't keep making them in mass if people weren't buying them in mass. That just sends chills up my spine. What a tragic waste of the human experience!
I think deep down inside, we are all creators of something, & I personally would like to create only the best things. Love in the home, a cleverly worded poem, plastic wrap that actually sticks to the plate - ya know, stuff like that. I realize we can't be perfect inventors, but how sad it would be if we stopped at creating something that was merely workable but not efficient or beautiful or even effective? "Insanity" said Albert Einstein is "doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results," and I, for one, would highly like to avoid insanity. Therefore, I deem it quite necessary to leave all my efforts open for revision & improvement. As such, I'm pretty sure I'd be a miserable failure at "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" because my final answer is rarely bestowed.
2 comments:
Well said. I've been thinking about that quote with Albert Einstein a lot in my class at school. My students are hard to manage at times and I wonder what I can do to change it. And, though its hard - I can take comfort in the fact that the work I'm engaged in is not pointless. Its not making those tacky figurines. I've also been wondering, "What is the most important thing I can do for my students? What will make me and them the happiest?" I suppose that its trying to spread the love of God. Trying to show them the love that the Savior would show them if he were in that room all day. Sigh, that's a high standard though. I'll just keep trying and pressing forward. The Lord will help me know how to create something marvelous. Thanks for the post...sorry this is like its own mini post - I just couldn't resist and then I started typing and it was therapeutic so...thanks for listening too. :) Love ya!
I think you're right, Lauren. I think if you just pray to see them through God's eyes, you'll be able to & in seeing that, you'll know exactly what they each stand in need of :)Love you too!! You are awesome!
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