Secret In Living 100 Percent

One of the parishioners gave me a  sheet of  paper this morning after Mass that she found on the internet. Without doubt it was taken from an English speaking site and is making the rounds here on the Korean internet. It does  have a interesting lesson for us, and a word of gratitude for those who spent time in bringing it to our attention and for those who worked to give us a worthwhile lesson for their labor.

It was introduced, so said the paper, by a cabinet minister at a breakfast meeting that he attended. He gave credit for the idea to a foreigner. The topic was the  way we are to aim for a 100 point life. We are given the code and how to decipher it.  Each letter of the English alphabet is given a number value from 1 to 26. The first letter A =1, B=2  and Z=26.  As shown below.                                                                                                                                                                   

A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	L	M	N	O	P	Q	R	S	T	U	V	W	X	Y	Z
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26

One of those at table asked what is the value of hard work for a  life well lived? The minister converted the letters into numbers and it reached 98. (8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11). No, it doesn't make the perfect 100.

How about knowledge? Knowledge gives you 96 points.

Money as a goal? That is only 72 points.

Leadership?  Gives you 89 points.

What then gives you 100 points? Attitude, gives you the perfect 100.

For a life well lived we need to change our attitude.

The global world in which we live enables us to see and hear what is going on in other parts of the world  and hopefully makes us wiser-- but-- depending on our ability to discern.