Making time for greatness

We all say it. I would love to do that, but I just don't have the time. Have? Or make? Its getting up a half hour earlier, its turning off the TV, not being afraid of accountability, pushing ourselves just a little further, setting priorities and following them. Eminem makes time to read the dictionary and has since he was a child. Mother Teresa made time to ask thousands of people for help. The Beatles performed over 270 times in a year and a half before they were famous.

Its easy to place the blame for mediocrity on not having time. That's a cop out. We are all capable of greatness, we just need to make the time for it. It all comes down to self-discipline. No matter what we are doing in our lives, helping others is one of those things that makes us great and can't be ignored. 

There are people in need on every block and across the world - elderly people dying of loneliness, abandoned children who are terrified of their next night on the streets without a meal, people who are sick or loosing a loved one. Making time for one person in need is making the time for greatness, whether its volunteering for 20 minutes a week, making small donation, or just stopping by. No matter how much work we have to do, we can all do that. 

I have the pleasure of working with people who make time to do great things in all aspects of their lives.  They are proof that we are all capable of greatness, we just need to make the time for it.