PASS ON THE BATON
What does the term "pass the baton" mean?
If you are running a relay race in track and field (something like the 4x400 metre), a "baton" is passed from one runner to another.
This is it in the game of sport. On the track,the job isn't completed with just one marathoner,it's a collective effort.
What does the term'PASS ON THE BATON' mean in our regular life.
"Passing the baton" in regular life refers to when one person passes something to another.
We work so hard,so we would pass on something of importance to our kids. Lands,houses, companies etc
And your kids take after you by managing them and passing them to their own kids and it goes on and on.
That's one thing I find interesting,the word PASS ON, wields power,fame, wealth. So,successors wait hopefully to inherit what is theirs.
That's an interesting order.
People pass on monetary legacy:lands, companies, houses,etc. We do a splendid job at passing on monetary legacy but we fail to pass on LEGACIES THAT WOULD LAST.
………And to leave my footprints in sands of time for generation yet unborn to follow.
The last paragraph of my Alma mater's pledge can't get off my head. Every single time the recitation is made,I keep asking myself,
What kind of legacy do you intend to leave?
What sought of life do you intend to live?
How do you intend to affect your generation?
Then the phrase…….. PASS ON THE BATON pops up.
What sought of baton do I intend to pass on?
Money
Fame
Wealth
Power……….
How do I intend to run my race?
What sought of marathoner do I intend to be?
Monetary legacy is good,lands,houses,cars, industries,power,fame,success……….to mention but a few……are all good.
These are things we desire, here comes the million dollar question
How have you impacted?
Socrates said
What most count is not live but to live aright.
Your money,fame,power,lands means nothing without IMPACT. The moment we were born we became marathoners,and there was a tag attached to our life and that is PURPOSE.
Every single day of our lives we work so hard to make a profitable living for ourselves. We want to be successful at all cost,we run through our tracks with this aim in mind.
Let's examine ourselves thoroughly because an unexamined life is not worth living said a philosopher.
How has your life created impact on others?
Ben Carson defined success by what you do wiith every opportunity,every platform you have been given,TO POSITIVELY AFFECT THE LIFE OF OTHERS.
How has your wealth created IMPACT
How has your fame created IMPACT
How has your talents created IMPACT
How has your power created IMPACT
These are questions we ought to be asking ourselves,every day of our lives because life is a race.
Creating IMPACT is one thing, PASSING THE BATON is another.
I once read a book couple of months ago and the author said:
SUCCESS WITHOUT A SUCCESSOR IS A SUCCESSFUL FAILURE.
When I'm done with my race,who continues it?
If your life doesn't give birth to successors,then you haven't lived right or you haven't impacted.
Your life has to give birth to successors that would carry on the baton you've built.
In summary,what's your baton like?
I'd wish you create a baton with VALUE.
I'd wish your track to depict VALUE
I'd wish you become someone's LIGHTHOUSE.
Let's do a good job by
PASSING ON THE BATON.