Semper Fidelis - Always Faithful - is the motto of the U.S. Marine Corps.
I read this in connection with a story of a marine who was dying in the middle of a carnage, fighting someone else's war in someone else's country. A lowly marine who was just a number in the ranks and files of the U. S. army. These were his dying words... . He had been faithful right up till the end.
No great earth-shattering, headline-screaming task has to be done to change the world. You don't have to be a General or someone in the public eye. Your experiences do not make you an authority on anything - your experiences are meant to make you a better person, and brighten that tiny corner your light has been placed in.
One just has to be faithful to one's duty - day after day, no matter where life has put you - Always faithful -
One thought led to another and I couldn't help my mind turning to America - with what wonderful values the Founding Fathers built America. O course now the country is going through a bad patch, but if Americans just stop to hark back, and get back to those values, there is no reason they won't be able to put the country back in order, for, no institution/organization/country can get away from the values with which they had been created. They may be temporarily hidden, but they are bound to come back - they have to. It is the same with us here too in India. While the confused economically upper classes are going their own way, and the politicians are causing mayhem, those children of the soil who have stayed true to original Indian values are keeping the country from completely toppling over... .
The hope of any country lies in those who are Always Faithful...
The hope of any life lies in just being Always Faithful...