To be significant is to have meaning.

Significance indicates a fullness of purpose.

For some, there is a deep an abiding force driving them to be, give, and do all they can. There is a call to fully empty themselves for something outside of their persons. This is a call to significance, a call to reach beyond the gulf of individual desire and need.

 

Living a life of significance means leaving the world with more than when you entered it. It is to be a light,  a guiding force, an influence, a healer. It is to be impactful, to use all you have to be a gift, not always a recipient.

The rewards are far beyond any material success that one could envision.

1. Are you reaching for success or significance?
2. Does it make a difference?

Success is not synonymous with significance. One can be successful in his or her own right but never become significant in any manner.

Success is individualistic and personal, as it is confined to individual achievement and motives.

In fact, for the vast majority, success is often described as recognition, material gain, fame, or fortune. Opulence is typically the reward sought.

Opulence, which is referred to amassing large amounts of material gains, is the platinum standard of success.

However, opulence does not equate to significance. They are not the same.

Opulence can bring about the opposite effect of significance. Opulence can rend the soul leaving in its wake a gaping hole.

One can accumulate more material gains than imaginable and never change a life. One can have reached the pinnacles of the corporate world and never brought about a smile.  One could amass fame beyond imagination and never made one significant stride. The fact of the matter is;

 

However,  finding significance or being significant is much richer. It leaves the imprint of a man’s heart and voice on the world.

How can one be significant?

There are many ways of being significant. The core of being significant is to live a life of purpose. Look to see what it is that you can contribute to the world.

In this world, we only have one life to live, so we should live it well. It should be our mission to leave the world a better place for the others who will inhabit it after us.

Nurture a desire for more than individual success, nurture a desire to leave a beautiful legacy that stretches beyond the horizon.

Strive to live a life of significance.

One Life to live, live it well