August 18, 2017
Good morning, world! How’d you sleep last night? If you ever sleep! That is everybody knows that you carry problems on your shoulders 24/7. God created the world (that’s you) but man created its problems. That is correct, right?
A lot of things are happening in many parts of the world today…. Wars, violent protests, killings, arguments, uprisings, cruelty, racism, bullying, greed, blackmail, lies, and every other thing you can dump in that ugly category. All in small or greater measure. Individually or collectively. All serving one goal --- self destruction. And reasons for that come a-dozen fueled by the ego, pride, angst, a superiority complex, snobbery, mine is right and yours is wrong, that holier than thou feeling. Reasons may be diverse good or bad but we know that there is always a sensible way of settling issues or arguments (if we so choose and decide) without having to hurt ourselves and others.
I remember this ……. ‘Life isn’t all about you’ -- That’s a line in the movie “Doctor Strange”
It’s this mind frame of “I-Me-My-Mine” that seems to get in the way of doing good or greater things for the self or others. But always! --- Thoughts like ‘What’s in it for me’… ‘Who gets the credit’… ‘I deserve it’… ‘I’m bigger and better’… ‘I’m important’… ‘I should be first’…
A friend remarked some days ago that --- ‘we always do that to ourselves; admit it we often make that mistake. It’s a flaw but it should not remain a flaw. Sadly sometimes we don’t realize it until it becomes too late to save ourselves or repair it because damage has already been done.’
Unfortunately true.
Don’t think though that the I-Me-My-Mine of life and living is totally bad. If it were we won’t be getting from here to there in terms of self-growth and progress at all. It supports life goals, objectives, and dreams. But it has a limited time frame.
When all becomes sated or achieved... when contentment, happiness, and satisfaction rule, don’t stop there. That now is the cue to prepare yourself for another challenge --- of bringing all that you are (talents, skills, wisdom, expertise, knowledge, insights, experience, training, goodness, kindness, compassion, positivity, etc.) into service and on to the bigger world outside. The bigger world of people who may have the same dreams and goals like you but perhaps may not know where to begin. You could probably help, right?
That, incidentally, is how God wants it. We all stand connected.
Have a blessed day, folks! God bless you
A nice message well conveyed.
ReplyDeleteHi there, KParthasarathi
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