success in Purpose

the guy last night, the uncle, the friend of the family, an engineer by training, well read nutritionist but un-degreed, but knowing more than most of the nutritionists i studied under, gave me advice...shared his story...

decades ago, as a child, he watched ships from the coast of bengal, as they sat like metal whales on the ganges.
who built those ships, who made them work so that these giants could float on water?  he asked a man sitting on the dock of the bay.
mechanical engineers, the man said.
then, that's what i want to be, he said to himself. he found out what the best school for this would be, and immediately set out to enroll. it was a private christian school, known for their production of high caliber students. with 10 cents in his pocket and wearing the only clothes he owned, he walked miles, caught a train, a bus, and walked another 7 miles. it was raining, cold. when he got there. there were no students outside the building, only a hunched over italian school dean.
where do you think you're going? the dean asked in a bengali accented heavily with italian.
to enroll.
enrollment was in august and it is now february, and the school has a waiting list going back five years, and even the monied are waiting, and... the dean continued to list off.
but you see this is my purpose, the uncle said . he proceeded to elaborate, saying that it was his destiny to be a mechanical engineer and that he had to go to this school.
bring the money in three days and i'll enroll you. the dean said.
the uncle gathered the money from family and friends and not only enrolled but graduated this school with honors, and then proceeded to go on to the best engineering school in bangladesh.

the uncle told me not to worry, when i told him that i had passion and Purpose as a medicine man, but a poor sense of money and none of business. he said money is not a problem, but a temporary situation. he said i had the most important ingredient in life - Purpose. that it was something most were lacking. those with money, those with ideas for money, those who others perceived as successful were lacking. in fact, he said, they weren't really successful. success he said is your ability to change lives for the better, to leave the world a better place.

go with Your Purpose. move with Your Purpose, he said. Your Purpose will lead you to success. do the Work, he said. more than anything else, do the Work. don't worry about the money. it will come.

all praise is due...