1/4 of a Century, And What To Show For It?

This coming week, I'm turning 25. That will make me a Quarter Century old, also known as "halfway up the hill".

A few notable things happened in March 1981. Quite a few of them were not very good. For example..

• Colombian guerillas execute US bible translator Chester Allen Bitterman for being a "CIA agent"


• President Ronald Reagan is shot


• Three workers are killed and five injured during a test of the Space Shuttle Columbia.

Good thing I wasn't involved in politics, foreign affairs, or space programs back then.

Now, as I consider being 25 years old, I have mixed feelings. Being well away from the early twenties actually seems kind of neat. However, when I look at my life, I realize that I'm considerably behind if I am to compare myself with others of the past. For example:

• William Bragg entered university at 14; won a noble prize at age 25;
  
• Wayne Gretzky signed a multi-million dollar contract as hockey player by age 18; set records by age 20; won 7 MVPs by the time he reached 25


• Charles Spurgeon preached his first sermon at 17; by 22 he was the best known preacher of the day;


• Martin Luther King was a pastor at 24; by 26 he led the well-known Montgomery Bus Boycott


• John Brown of Haddington was able to read Greek by age 16


• Arthur Conan Doyle was 23 when he set up his practice as a doctor;
  
• Sergey Brin and Larry Paige were around 23 when they created Google


• John Calvin had his doctorate in Law by 23; became a pastor at 25; wrote the well-known Institutes of the Christian Religion at 26


• Jane Swift was elected into the senate at 25


• William Carey became a schoolmaster at 24;


• Jonathan Edwareds entered Yale at 13; became a minister at 24


• Pele made his World Cup debut at 17


• Boris Becker won a Wimbledon title by age 17


• Lord Kelvin entered university at age 10;
  

What have I accomplished compared to that? I guess not having all these fantastic accomplishments in my first quarter century definately reduces the pressure/expectations. If I were a progidy, anything but amazing feats for the rest of my life would be a disappointment. So, at least I don't have those high expectations overshadowing me.

I've already found uniqueness in my life. But I wonder if anything I do will ever have the significance of some of the accomplishments of these people? From a temporal perspective? From an eternal perspective?

Will my life look significant/useful if one were to look at it from the vantage point of 5 years? 25 years? 100 years? eternity? Not that I can understand what a "vantage point" would mean in eternity. I guess I just added "eternity" because it sounded good :>