Talking about reasons

I was talking to some colleagues today when the subject of 'I could be doing something better, I can do so much more than this…' came up. Of course we all could be doing more and better things, but sometimes we fail to see the good around us.

I recalled something that I've read from the marvelous Argentinean writer Jorge Luís Borges for he has a impeccable tale about this scenario.

One day in India, a superior tiger who is born, soon this tiger is the most feared and respected of all the animals in that area and soon he rules that domain while he is living there. Then it is captured and taken to a common zoo in Europe.

Many moons later, on a peaceful Sunday morning, Dante is at the same zoo and see that tiger. He sees that majestic animal with so much power and respect and it is caged for entertainment just like any regular tiger. So he writes a poem dedicated to that tiger and adds it to the collection called “Divine Comedy”.

Borges says: "All the power, respect and majesty of that tiger, all the knowledge, all the fights he had during his wile life brought it here to this specific morning at this specific zoo to be seen by Dante and to inspire him to write an immortal poem."

I believe, just like that tiger, we all have a reason to be something bigger than us to be here where we are today, this specific morning, at this specific place. For this we just have to continue fighting the good fight and soon our mission will be unveiled.