MAKING A DIFFERENCE CAN BE A MATTER OF CHOICE AND PLANNING

To make a difference, you have to do something different. A friend of mine keeps this kind of ‘reminders’ in his ‘have-a-look-daily’ diary.

He is hardworking, honest and a stickler to principles. He doesn’t have a million bucks but leads a beautiful life, happy and contented.

It is a fact that nothing big comes without thinking big and ‘out of the box’. A routine day will give you only routine results that don’t help you make any headway. You go on doing the same every day, and life gets stuck.

What is important to remember is, in the words of American author Byron Garrett: “Being a man or a woman is a matter of birth. Being a man or a woman who makes a difference is a matter of choice.”

It is not that whatever you do does not make a difference. It does, but it depends on your attitude.

If you work with the idea and consciousness that what you are doing ha ill. You have to plan, work hard and be consistent.

Tom Broka, American TV journalist and author, says it is “easy to make a million bucks but quite tough to make a difference.”

And yet, mind you, it is not impossible. In a way, even making a million bucks can make a lot of difference provided this money is used for the overall good of all. Inner Voice comprises contributions from our readers. The views expressed are personal.