[Steve W]

One thing that I have learned is that I will never know everything. If I studied day and night for the rest of my life I would only scrape the surface of knowledge. So I asked myself "Why try to learn everything?". It may seem like a weird question but as I watched some others that spent all of their time trying to learn and nothing else, I saw how much they were really missing. Oh, I still learn but I don't spend all of my free time doing so.

I have found that I learn more about people by helping and being part of their lives. I have become more productive as I worked with others. My life has more meaning as I spend time with others. In the long run I believe that life grows and is enhanced by others.

When I started realizing that it is not all about me and it is really all about others, life took on a drastic change. Things began to make sense. People began to matter and I became more knowledgeable than ever before. The answer to my "Whys?" became "Others". Purpose was not self driven or self motivated. I guess that it all boils down to, you can have all of the book knowledge in the world and not make a difference but having little book knowledge and the desire to help others can make huge impacts on the world