No matter your thoughts on the recent coronation of King Charles the third, I think you would agree there were some spectacular moments. Witnessing the spectacle and pageantry of a country with so much diversity to share, coming together, both thorough Saturday’s solemn vows of commitment and service to Sunday’s breadth of performance and hope for change, I stopped to think.
Einstein said that ‘Only a life lived in service to others, is a life worth living.’
Amidst this Prince William rightly took us back to a central theme; that of service, to each other, to community local, national, and global and beyond that to the very air we breathe and the world we inhabit. Three minutes that made me think of my life and the people in it.
Those who commit to others in their line of duty, of course, but also those who tiptoe and whisper through the corridors of contribution, often unseen. In local community shops across the small villages of this land, people young and old are served, literally and holistically. In coffee shops friends lend an ear and often a strong arm of support. Parents are nursed by children and children by parents, without complaint and with hearts full of love. School governors work tirelessly for the children they may rarely see and those yet to come. Men with motorbikes pursue funding to create opportunities to support the mental health of others through shared passion and expertise. Ladies who knit lovingly, create toys and clothing for babies and children and often their mothers too, mothers who they will never know but even so cry for, wrapping them in comfort as they flee desperate lives. I could go on but won’t. You will have your own list. And what of this. Pride that in a world we often think has gone mad, humanity still reigns, long after the kings and queens have gone, because there will always be a desire to make a positive difference.
What difference do you want to make?
