WOULD YOU LIKE TO

LIVE FOREVER?
Sanath Dasanayaka




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CC3 speech delivered by Sanath Dasanayaka at Toastmasters
International Speechcraft Program at Sabaragamuwa University
of Sri Lanka


2014 by Sanath Dasanayaka

The writer of this takes no credits for the cited quotations.


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Would you like to live forever?
But, is it about living for 100 years on this Earth?
Immortality doesnt come with the years you live for. Its all about living in
minds and hearts of generations who follow you. Its the way to cheat your
death. You are able to find your immortality through leading and showing up
yourself.
You can have a lasting impact on human lives by being a great champion at
work or a great leader in your community. It is how, you can live forever.
Greatness comes with the beginning of something that doesnt end with you.
So, stop worrying about your death. Care more about your life. Care about
what you create today and what contribution you will make today.
Remember,
There is no situation that is not transformable and there is no one who is
helpless.
Mel Gibsons character in Braveheart says, Every one of us die, but so few
of us really live.
So, find what you are living for and the higher purpose of your life.
Remember people with great concepts, like Mahatma Gandhi, Mother Teresa,
Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King Jr. Are they really dead? They died.
But concepts they created enlighten the world even today. They will never
die since great concepts are immortal.
Here, there are several tips for living forever.
Do your part.
What are you doing to make a new or a better world? Do not blame politicians
or those who around you. Do not blame your parents and your background.
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Blaming doesnt yield anything but disgust and terrible feelings. You are here
for a reason. Then, do your part completely. It doesnt matter who you are
and where you come from. All of us should do something for this world that is
why all of us are unique.
Mother Teresa said it better than I ever could. If each one of us cleans only
our own doorstep the whole world would be clean.
All great people have something in common. That is they do their part
perfectly. Great scientist, Albert Einstein gave his fully contribution to the
globe and Mahatma Gandhi won freedom for his nation.
Then, what is your contribution? We all die. That is true. That is why we
should make something unique for us. It is for people to remember us.
Once a wise man said, Being the richest man in the cemetery doesnt matter
to me...... going to bed saying we have done something wonderful..... That is
matter to me.
Be a real human.
You can be Buddhist, Islam or Christian and you can be Sinhalese, Muslim,
Tamil or British. But finally, we all are human beings. Remember, holiness is
in right action. Goodness is in mind and heart. By what you decide to do
every day, you will be a good man or not. So, be kind to people and be
grateful to them. Do what is right. Not what is popular. People will remember
you. Not all of them. But ones who know the value of what you are doing.
Remember, Abraham Lincoln, 16
th
president of the USA did what was right,
not what was popular. He eradicated slavery and gave his nation rebirth. But
he made thousands of enemies by doing what is right. They even tried to kill
him several times. Failed. Finally, they murdered him. Does any one of you
know the murderer of Abraham Lincoln? No one knows.
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But, when we hear the name, Abraham Lincoln, we know who he was and
what he did. Farther of a newly built nation.
Hope, all of you know the story of William Wallace, a great hero who fought
for the freedom of his nation from the British. When he was captured and
executed by the British he shouted the word Freedom. That word was the
root cause for a great boom in his nation against the British.
Then, we do not live forever. But, think of what you are going to leave in this
world for people to remember us. If you create something unique, you will
live in the hearts and minds of thousands forever.