by Rex Apollo
The day the scandal hit took everyone by surprise. A language institute which had existed for over 40 years would close. It was no mere language institute, but a bastian of culture and community for many throughout the city. Over twenty employees, including many language teachers would lose their jobs and livelihoods as a result. While the company had filed for bankruptcy protection, none of the employees had fully understood the gravity of the situation. They believed that everything would work out.
What the language teachers and others who worked for the institute failed to understand was they were living someone else’s dream. They worked for a company that belonged to someone else. No matter how hard they worked, the company would never be theirs. It had been the life’s work of the owner to build up the institute. It was his vision and his city on the hill.
As humans we have two choices, we either build our own city on the hill or we will live in that built by someone else. We can either be a slave or a master. On the surface, it seems far easier to live in the realities of others rather than creating our own. However, there are costs to subverting our will to those of others as the language institute employees found out the hard way.
As humans we are called to be builders by our creator. We are the happiest when we are building something whether it be a house, a business, a family or even a whole civilization. People once they have made it look back fondly at the days when they struggled while making their dream a reality. Building something gave them a purpose in life. We are all called to create our own reality and build our city own city on hill.
What is your city on the hill? What action are you taking to build it today?
Rex Apollo is the author of How to Spark Your Golden Age: Tips for Success sold on Amazon.
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