"Sometimes we are forced into directions we ought to have found for ourselves. To serve people takes dignity and intelligence. But remember they are only people with money. We are to serve them, but we are not their servants. What we do does not define who we are. What defines us is how we rise after falling."
-Maid in Manhattan, 2002
A few weeks ago, the 2002 movie Maid in Manhattan was on, I got to watch the ending of it. I have seen it before, quite a few times actually, but you know when you see something and it doesn't mean anything to you, than you see it at a later time in your life and something pops up at you? Well the above quote was just that for me. I identified with it, and it meant something now, that it didn't mean years ago.
"Sometimes we are forced into directions we ought to have found for ourselves." That is an understatement. Almost all of us go through life, missing the chances and opportunities that dance right in front of our faces, and yet once we notice they are gone, we mope about it and miss the NEW chances in front of our face. But each choice of where we look lies a new lesson for us. It gives us experience, which is what we get when we don't get what we want (Randy Pausch said that). Sometimes we have events in our lives that seem like the end of the world for us, and then we realize they were the best things that ever happened to us. We don't allow ourselves to see what could possibly come out of it.
"To serve people takes dignity and intelligence. But remember they are only people with money. We are to serve them but we are not their servants." I was taught about servant leadership when I was 16, turning 17 years old at the end of my junior year of high school. It changed my life in a very big way. This was also before I learned the law of attraction. To do for other people and not expect anything in return, and reap the spiritual benefits that come with it, are twice as rewarding because they come out of LOVE, the greatest power on this planet. Cliche? Maybe. But a real truth of our world.
But not to forget, the people whom we serve are only people. In business as well, they are only people. Masters we come across, they are only people. Family members we have, are still only people. To serve because it is the right thing to do. To serve out of respect. To serve as a sign of praise. To serve for unselfish reasons. Whatever the case, you are to serve the people you come in contact with but you are not their servants, not enslaved to do one's bidding.
It always goes back to the power of intentions. Wayne Dyer wrote a book on intentions, and it was yet another reoccurring theme I found in my life. No matter what actions we take, if the intentions are positive and good, good things follow, no need to worry. If your intentions are ill and negative, be aware and make a new choice. That doesn't mean we don't do the wrong things for the right reasons, they are still wrong, but easily forgivable when you know the intentions are earnest.
"What we do does not define who we are. What defines us is how we rise after falling."AMEN! AMEN AMEN AMEN! That's all I have to say to that. It brings me back to my old favorite saying from the 2005 movie Batman when Alfred asks Bruce Wayne "Why do we fall, Master Bruce?" and he answers "SO we can learn to pick ourselves up!"
We cannot fear failure, or mistakes. We cannot allow doubt and uncertainty to limit us and keep us in the same stuck place. Get through it or do something about it. It is not what we can do, but what we choose that really shows who you are. And one of the golden rules is take of of yourself, or you will unable to take care of anyone else. And don't let the failures and mistakes you do make affect you in the way of moping and wining, remaining in misery. Rise! Raise yourself up above all the challenges! Raise yourself up above all the uncertainty! Raise yourself up above all the fear!
Yours in service,
ANDREW TRENTO
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