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The Force that Shapes your Life - (Continued)

Not more than 250 miles away in our Nation's capital, a jet airliner crashed on a takeoff from National Airport during a blinding snowstorm. It hit the Potomac Bridge at the height of rush hour. As traffic snarled to a halt, emergency rescue services were immediately dispatched to the scene,and the bridge became a nightmare of chaos and panic. Firemen and paramedics were overwhelmed by the destruction, and dove again and again into the Potomac to try and save crash victims.

 One man repeatedly passed the life preserver to others. He saved many lives, but not his own. By the time the rescue helicopter finally got to him, he had slipped beneath the icy surface of the water. 

 This man gave his life in order to save those of complete strangers!What  drove him to place such a high value on other people's lives - people he didn't even know - that he was willing to give his own life in the process?

 What makes a person with a "good background" behave so savagely and without remorse while another gives his own life to rescue complete strangers? 

 What creates a hero, a heel, a criminal, a contributor? What determines  the difference in human actions? 

 One thing is clear : human beings are not random creatures; everything we do, we do for  a reason. 

 We may not be aware of the reason consciously, but there is undoubtedly a single driving force behind all human behaviour. 

 This force impacts every facet of our lives, from our relationships and finances to our bodies and brains.  What is this force that is controlling you? PAIN AND PLEASURE.

 Everything you and I do, we do either out of our need to avoid pain or our desire to gain pleasure.

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