This is a story of these two men and an answer to the question, “How do we become an ideal society?”
What would you do if you saw the man Delonte, on the left? He was seen panhandling at a gas station in the Dallas area.
The man on the right, Mark, knew him before he was struggling! Mark got in his car and searched him out. He didn’t send for someone to go get Delonte. Mark went himself.
Mark wanted to be certain that the homeless man got in the car; He wanted to make sure this struggling man would accept treatment – so he went to make the pitch himself.
Delonte West, a former NBA player that fell on hard times; struggling with bipolar disorder and substance abuse had earned around $16 million dollars during his playing career.
Delonte WAS homeless. He was homeless until Mark cared about Delonte’s plight. Delonte West, in fact, did get into Cuban’s car and is on his way to recovering his life.
Mark Cuban made a miracle happen!
He demonstrates ~
1. Actions speak
2. When it is important enough, you make it personal
Mark could have sent someone else, he could have hired a team. His personal touch makes him a Miracle Maker to Delonte West and his family! He made it personal by showing up personally!
Delonte Maurice West is an American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association for the Boston Celtics, Seattle SuperSonics, Cleveland Cavaliers, and Dallas Mavericks.
Mark Cuban is an American entrepreneur, television personality, media proprietor, and investor, whose net worth is an estimated $4.3 billion, according to Forbes and ranked #179 on the 2019 Forbes 400 list. Mark Cuban is a named inventor of 11 patent families and 23 distinct patent publications for his inventions.
What is humanity’s end game?
The end game depends on how you see Humanity!
Aristotle was a Greek philosopher and polymath during the Classical period in Ancient Greece. Taught by Plato, he was the founder of the Lyceum, the Peripatetic school of philosophy, and the Aristotelian tradition. The Lyceum was a school of unprecedented organized scientific inquiry and, In a sense, the first major centre to put forward the modern scientific method. It was from here, too, that Aristotle wrote extensively on a wide range of subjects including politics, metaphysics, ethics and logic.
How Aristotle may have answered this question:
Aristotle considers the various organs of human beings, and each seems to have a purpose. For example, the purpose of the eye is to see and of the ear to hear, the feet and legs are for the sake of motion, the hands for grasping, etc.
Just like every human appendage and organ has a purpose so too does each human.
The eye is good if it performs its function well, and so on for the ear and the legs, etc. Likewise, say, a medical doctor is a good doctor if he is able to heal–and do no harm; the horseman is a good horseman if he or she can ride well, and so on.
Anything and anyone who can perform its stated function well is said to have “virtue.”
Even a paintbrush has “virtue,” if it can transfer paint well.
So, in Aristotelian terms, knowing the purpose (the telos) of mankind is the answer to “What is humanity’s end game?”
To know what the human virtues are (sometimes the Greek word is translated as “excellence”), and this is a very large part of the aim of Aristotle’s Ethics: to tell us what counts as human virtue and what is good for mankind.
Knowing what to count as human virtue pretty much fills the detailed account of human purpose.
Human beings, according to Aristotle are “rational animals,” and human beings are also social animals.
So, Mark Cuban one way to look at the question of the purpose of human beings is to see what they are best suited to do; this involves a rational regulation of life and society suited to express the best, highest and distinctive elements of human nature. He knew he had to “pitch” Delonte West to make sure he was homeless no more!
In this way, the question of the purpose or telos of mankind is very closely connected with our account of human nature.
Your human nature knows what feels miraculous to you!
Telos means an ultimate object or aim… so you are a miracle by birth! And when connected in your humanity is to be miraculous to each other.
It makes it easier to create a utopian society around you! Utopian societies are often characterized by benevolent governments that ensure the safety and general welfare of its citizens. Society and its institutions treat all citizens equally and with dignity, and citizens live in safety without fear.
Be miracle makers for each other
You can create your own utopian society in your life, company, for each human. Miracle Makers Academy is building a community across the world and we can do what Mark Cuban did for Delonte West ~ being there ~ truly for one another!
The vision of Miracle Makers Academy is to deliver breakthroughs, resources, and to make the world work for 100% of humanity in the shortest possible time. Creating spontaneous cooperation without ecological offense or the disadvantage of anyone. We just need a small group of committed people to be able to do this!
This is what Mark Cuban did for Delonte West and this is what we can do for those you want to help! We say ~ Thank We ~ There is strength in numbers.
Become a Patron of Miracle Makers Academy at the Lifetime Level and this is what we are creating. We are creating a network on all continents to help humanity. We are remaking ourselves in order to make the miracle worldwide!
As a patron, a person who gives financial or other support to a person, organization, cause, or activity you are joining a committed group of people. We are willing to make a difference for others and for our patrons should he or she need us!
There is strength in numbers—used to say that a group of people has more influence or power than one person. We imagine miracle makers worldwide. And we are doing it!
Becoming a Miracle Makers Academy Lifetime patron is an action that allows the visions of Utopian to be where ever you are! No matter what is happening in the societies around us ~ you, your energy, and money is working to benefit the Earth, Humans, and the Miracle Making Frequency!
