He replied that in the days of apartheid, when a black person and a white person met while walking on a footpath, the black person was expected to step into the gutter to allow the white person to pass and nod their head as a gesture of respect.

These needs are things like: the need to make a difference, the need to help others and the need to live a meaningful life. A man, who looks past his need for comfort and recognition and instead allows himself to be driven by the need to help others, by choosing to give up his career and instead become a volunteer with an aid organization, that distributes food to people in need.

Moreover, when we have an alibi for not writing a book, painting a picture, and so on, we have an alibi for not writing the greatest book and not painting the greatest picture. Small wonder that the effort expended and the punishment endured in obtaining a good alibi often exceed the effort and grief requisite for the attainment of a most marked achievement.

David ran out to meet Goliath and, reaching into his shepherd’s bag, took out a stone, hurled it from his sling, and hit the Philistine in the forehead.1 Samuel 18:48 If you’ve ever wanted to put a picture in your mind of what humility, truth and courage looks like, picture that.