Og Mandino Quote Reflection

The quote "Always do your best, what you plant now you will harvest later." By Og Mandino, who I have never heard of in my life is very inspiring and motivational to me. To me this quote says be careful what you do now because it will definitely affect your future. It's also interesting to me how a person who is blatantly not highly regarded can still have a quote that can potentially change people's views on decision making. Some quotes can be very powerful as I feel this one is and if someone were to read it before they were to make a potentially life changing decision it could possibly cause them to second guess themselves. This can be both very good and very bad but in the end it's the persons choice to make. i've honestly always wondered if the people who says these things realize how influential they may be and if they are still alive, in this case I have no idea if he is of not, if they even care that they could have changed a life. I personally would care if I changed a life by something that I may have said when I wasn't even thinking it through fully, I would probably feel guilty. For example what if I were to say something that was quoted, it was to change a life and by some chance a person came up to me and recognized me, then said something like "Hey, you're the guy that said.." (whatever it is that I had said) "you changed my life forever" I'm honestly not sure how I would react to that, it would be such a shock to me. I want to be a person who makes a difference and a few things might be good if it affects people in positive ways. But what of the few people who are bound to be affected negatively by something I may have said? I would have an extreme feeling of guilt I think. This is why I have a high respect for authors, they have the audacity to put their thoughts and view points out into the world on such a high scale and be judged and does it affect them? No, they simply keep on writing and moving forward in their career. I know for a fact I would not wanna do such an influential thing. I'm perfectly fine with pursuing the career I am now and that's to be a firefighter, do something to give back to the community that has done nothing but give back to me in my whole lifetime of living in Palmdale, California. Looks as if I'm straying a bit off of my topic, but oh well if the purpose of this is to get my thoughts out there and have a "positive internet presence" Then this is exactly what that's gonna do, haha, is haha even a word that can be used? Whatever, anyways, yeah, Og Mandinos' quote I can honestly say did change my view on decision making. I feel like I should really watch what I do because it will really change my future, I'm nearing 600 words now pretty sure because this whole time i've been copying and pasting to microsoft word to check my wordcount. Not quite there yet though, the mind really does wander when you think about it, I started out on quotes and ended up talking about the career im pursuing. Also the Always do your best part stands out as well, need to apply that to my schoolwork, Ms.Hamill kows what im talking about, haha. There's that haha again, I should probably get on commenting on other peoples blogs, that's it for now :)