LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDID THING.

Written by Ridhwan Yusoff,

for the Adam Khoo Youth Division Newsletter

One of the world’s most effective people, Stephen Covey, once wrote that Everyday Greatness is a primary form of greatness that resides inside each and everyone of us. Not the skill or tenacity that made Steve Jobs, Michael Jackson or Donald Trump into household names. But the ordinary things others do for us each day, the very things we sometimes take for granted. It is the persevering father who diligently works two jobs just to put food on the table, or our kind mother who always cleans up our mess for us no matter what we do. The farmer who conscientiously nurtures his crop despite the elements of nature that confronts him or the David Beckham-wannabes who spend hours at end practicing the free kicks on an empty field even when his teammates are gone and the floodlights have shut. So today ask yourself how can you unleash your greatness within? To show up in life at your personal best. To make a difference one life at a time.

For at the heart of everyday greatness is this simple concept called love. What brought each and every one of us together at any point in time of our lives are four letters  : FATE. But another 4 letters will determine where we go from here : LOVE. So wherever you go, go with all your heart. The mind can take you far. The rest is just your heart. With enough love in this world, all things become possible. Look at the world’s most inspirational  people. Dick Hoyt. Nick Vujicic. Barack Obama. Correspond their everyday greatness with the love for his son, the love for humanity, and the love for change.

This Chinese New Year and Valentine’s Day, know that the love for family and that special one is good. But why stop love there? Spread the love and do everything that you do out of love. Cliché? You may think so but here’s the big idea-people say things are cliché only because they know deep in their heart that these things are true. So today spread the love amongst the bread of people. Do every thing with all your heart. Open your heart to a world of possibilities. Because when there is great love, there will always be miracles.