The thought has been buzzing around my brain that we have got it all backwards. We walk through life like we're looking through the wrong end of a telescope. We start with ourselves in the middle of the action and build life habits that seek to build a bigger self. We think happiness and fulfillment will come as we own more and as we control more. We find that as we own more and as we control more we only want more. Just as we can condition our stomach to want ever-larger portions to feel satisfied, so we can stretch our appetite for every other desire that starts with I and me. This happens at the country level too and has resulted in countless wars as people groups seek to own and control more of this world's geography and people. I think one of the profound teachings of the Lord is to find real happiness by living inside out lives. Inside out lives seek to give rather than own and to enable others rather than control them. We were created to be part of the Lord's plan to complete His creation and that's why He's given us so many varied talents, abilities and qualities. We look up for our power and we look out for our purpose. Just as the Lord said in Matthew 10:39 "He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it."
Living really is about giving.
blessings,
Rob Smith
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