“I just want to be important! Be an important somebody, somewhere, somehow!”
This is a backwards goal which will not give the importance hoped for.
What if we begin doing important things?
Important doesn’t mean noticeable, it means noteworthy. We want our works to be helpful and commendable, not merely eye-catching.
If I set about to do good work, it will be noticed by those who like or need my work, and it (I) will become important to them.
It doesn’t matter if I am important in the eyes of ‘the whole world’. Nobody can attain that status. All that matters is my importance, (doing important work) in the eyes of those who need what I have to offer. There will always be people who think what I do is unimportant and try to equate me with unimportance. But they are wrong. What they say about me is not important. My good work stands alone. It is important, and therefore, I am important – needed- to do that work.
Begin to see you and your work differently. Even if your work is making teeny tiny screws to hold together people’s glasses….how very important is your work! Who cares if no one knows who you are. You know who you are. You are contributing an important component to mankind.
Think over you life and work. What ‘teeny-tiny’ work have you been doing that is important to somebody…(perhaps your very own family)
To do important is more important than to be important!
Now go – do important today!
Mrs. Goodfinder 