This past few days, I have been thinking of life in different perspectives. I have been giving issues such as confidence, intelligence, mediocrity a serious thought and looking at the people around me, the personal characteristics that each and every one of them possesses. What makes a great person great? is it the money, their beauty, the impact that they've had in the world?
Today i just had the same argument with my friends where one was telling us how he hang out with a very prominent person's(a politician) nephew and how impressed they were by this.
I remember once attending Caroline Mutoko's conference in my school and I managed to get an autograph from her and how great it felt just to be in her presence.
Between scenario one and two (the two prominent people), who is greater?
Personally, I like to gauge greatness on the impact one has had on the people around, far and wide; not the depth of their pockets or how many businesses they own. Don't get me wrong though, wealth is great too, and greatness is relative. But think of Mutoko, she's famous because she's been a radio presenter of a famous radio station for a really long time(until recently) and look at the impact she's had in our country. She is a role model to so many girls (and even men) and the things she used to say on national radio (most of the times anyway) did make a lot of people's lives better. You listen to one of her talks and you leave that room sure as the fact you exist, that you will conquer this world; now that's true greatness for me and it's the kind that I intend to achieve.
Ultimately though, there is no one way to define greatness, there is only the act of clarifying your ideal life and having the faith that it will all come true.
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