Having achieved fame and acclaim in his life
of music, Dr. Schweitzer felt a compelling desire to min-
ister to the poor and the sick savages of the jungles of
Africa. So he began to study to be a physician and surgeon.
Finally he earned his fourth Doctor's degree, this time in
medicine. He gave up his life of fame and acclaim as a
great concert organist to begin a fourth and totally different
life in Lamborene, in steaming, tropical Mrica, where his
small group made a clearing in a giant forest infested with
danger: pythons, gorillas, crocodiles, wild savages. There
he built his "hospital" and lived the life he most wanted
to live. There he found the divine greatness of a life based
on the eternal lesson: "It is more blessed to give than to
receIve.. ,~
Most people live only one life and many have
a difficult time making a success of that. Certainly it is
better to continue doing what you do best and what
brings the greatest good to others as well as to yourself.
Change for the sake of change brings more frustration than
happiness.
But neither do you have to give your allotted
years to a life of dullness and mediocrity. In that case,
you will do better to start all over again and live another
and different life.
Just remember, you don't have to be "STUCK
WITH THE PRESENT".