FIRE IN THE HEART

The teacher quizzed her class: "He drove straight to his goal. He
looked neither to the right nor to the left, but pressed forward,
moved by a definite purpose. Neither friend nor foe could delay
him, nor turn him from his course. All who crossed his path did
so at their own peril. What would you call such a man?"

A student replied, "A truck driver!"

If he is a truck driver, he is likely a successful truck driver,
for anyone who pursues a vision with such passion is sure to be a
success.

Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel got it right when he said:
"The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference.
The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference.
The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference.
And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference."

Nothing will kill a dream or douse the fire of a good idea more
quickly than indifference. To whatever endeavor you commit
yourself, be on guard primarily against that spirit-quenching
attitude of apathy.

At what do you wish to succeed? A project? A job? A relationship?
A personal mission? A financial goal? A life-purpose? "Each one
of us has a fire in our heart for something," says Mary Lou
Retton. "It's our goal in life to find it and keep it lit."

In order to succeed greatly, one must care greatly. For
indifference is no match against a well-tended fire in the heart.

© 2000 Steve Goodier
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