Once, not too long ago, I found my life in serious circumstances. Literally, life and death swung in the balance. To anyone who has said to himself, ‘so this is how ends’; knows exactly what I mean. For those of you who have lived through any natural disaster, who had time to prepare for the end, understand my point of view.
Did you run for your life, while people around you prayed and cried? I did, I have and I lived. But not because of anything I did. There was a stranger, who came out of nowhere and saved my life by putting his life on the line. He died saving me. When I woke up I cried. How could it be that I cried for joy and regret at the same time? How could it be, I was so full of life and so empty at the same time? Then my silent and unspoken prayer was answered, the unimaginable really happened. I found out, this stranger was alive; he didn’t die!
Now my life’s quest was really simple, find this man and thank him. Do whatever it takes, find him and thank him and one day, not too long ago this also happened. As I stood in the glow of his presence, I could feel the strength and courage of his purpose, as in that moment not so long ago, when everything of his was put aside and he saved me. It was all so clear, I didn’t know what to say, so I said it anyway, ‘what do you want, what can I do for you’? What he said was astonishing, “I want you to love the world and all its peoples with the same love, compassion and adoration you feel for me right now”! Without thinking, I said, ‘I don’t know how to do this’. He said, “Yes you do, just try.”
If you want something you never had, you must do something you never did.