adopting mentors

When I was a young man, I wanted to change the world. I found it was difficult to change the world, so I tried to change my nation. When I found I couldn't change the nation, I began to focus on my town. I couldn't change the town and as an older man, I tried to change my family. Now, as an old man, I realize the only thing I can change is myself, and suddenly I realize that if long ago I had changed myself, I could have made an impact on my family. My family and I could have made an impact on our town. Their impact could have changed the nation and I could indeed have changed the world.

You don't need a life plan. You don't need motivation, self-confidence, peer support or even luck. All you need is the willingness to take the most obvious step - then repeat the process again and again, regardless of how you feel. Try it. Happiness comes from seeing the results of your efforts. You don't need it before you start.

Why should I give them my mind as well? 

Natural Order 

Two hundred years ago, a wealthy patron commissioned Japanese Zen monk and artists Sengai to produce a work of Calligraphy. Sengai wrote, “A parent dies, a child dies, then a grandchild dies.” The patron was furious that he’d been offered this simplistic and obvious message, but Sengai gently rebuffed his complaints. “There can be no greater happiness”, he said, “than to live a life that follows the natural order of things."

The meaning of life is happiness, and happiness is found when we serve others.