Surging Forward Podcast - A Podcast Devoted To The Working Class

Contribution, this is number six in our series on the Six Basic Human Needs. Contribution, what does it mean?  Why is it one of the six basic human needs that we all have? We all have dreams and aspirations.  When we were young maybe we wanted to go to the stars or even become the president.  But what are you good at?  What is it that you can do naturally?  We look around us and try to do what others do, but what is your special skill?  Using that skill, that talent, is your contribution.  A contribution is using our talents to make this world a better place.  Contribution gives us a sense of value and worth.  It is the knowledge that we are making a difference in someone’s life. There is a Bible parable about “Talents”.  Summarized it is about a master that gives out some talents to his workers before he leaves on a trip.  When he returns, he calls his workers unto himself and wants to see how they used the talents he gave them.  What contribution did they make?  Two of the workers doubled their talents.