My Inspiration
It was 3 days to my 20th birthday. I worked with Deloitte the Accounting firm at that time. After work I sat in a trotro (bus) on my way home. Half way through the journey, I heard a strange voice “you have 3 days to live”. I was surprised at my own spontaneous reaction to that voice: immediately I burst out with joy, unspeakable joy. I recalled how l had been spending the previous two years organizing leadership conferences for the youth and how I had poured out my little life in service of others. With that memory, I was ready to die if that was God’s will. When I got home that night, I wrote my Will and a love letter to my family. I sealed it in an envelope, placed it in the corner of my room and told no one. Strangely enough three days later, on my 20th birthday, around 6pm, I was involved in a terrible accident. A Mercedes Benz we were driving in collided with a heavily loaded timber truck. But I came out safe and well, thankfully. What that has taught me about life is that, it’s not how long you live but how well you serve. When you serve well and live purposefully you can be joyful even in the face of threats of death.