While listening to an AMAZING recording called "The Essence of Success" by Earl Nightingale, I heard something I really loved about Albert Einstein. I can't find a clip of the recording online so I'll type it out here. I've listened to it a dozen times, so it will be nice to have it be something I can read.
You know it's been said that if the universe is is an accident, we are accidents. But if there is meaning in the universe, then there is meaning in us also. And since it is believed that Dr. Einstein understood more about the laws governing the universe than any person who ever lived up until his time, lets go to him for some answers. He believed there was some sort of meaning in the way things are. He was sure of it. He said the more I study physics, the more I am drawn toward metaphysics. The word metaphysics simply means beyond physics. The study of what is beyond measure the invisible forces at work. ...Albert Einstein was so remarkable of a man, that it was as if he had arrived on this planet through some mistake in celestial navigation. And as a result, devoted his life to solving the problems of time and space, so that the mistake would not be repeated (he chuckles). Dr. Einstein belonged to no formal religion or sect, yet he was a deeply religious man in the cosmic sense. He believed that such magnificence of colossal order the great phychlatron(?) of the universe, as Ronald Clark puts it, could not have been an accident. And he addressed himself to the purpose of life. He answered the question, "why am i here" as well as it has been answered, I believe, when he said, man is here for the sake of other man only. Now he used the word man in it's classical sense, the idiomatic man, meaning human beings of both sexes, of course. So he said that we are here for the sake of others only. Is that the way you would have answered it? Do you believe you are here solely to serve others, being served and enjoying life as a result. We are here for the sake of serving others only, and to the extent that we serve others, will we know the joy of living. To many that will sound silly and square but that's what it comes down to nonetheless and sometimes it takes a long time to learn the truth of it. Millions never learn it and grow old and cry out in discontent wondering what is wrong with their lives. Our rewards in life will always be in direct proportion to our contribution this is the law that stands as the supporting structure of all economics and of our own personal well being.
I highly recommend you listen to anything of Earl Nightingale. He has so many incredible words of wisdom. You can find a lot of his recordings on YouTube.
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