You,
“To Give of Yourself”
Admit it. Accept that
everything you have was given to you by me. Then give it all up for my sake.
It is all relatively easy on
paper but to actually do it is something quite different. After all, somewhere
inside you is the belief, however small, that you gained everything you have
through your own hard work. You put in the hours at the office. You resist the
delicacies and fanciful, vainglorious things so you can save up for a rainy
day. You have sleepless nights stacked full with worries about food in your
stomach, a roof over your head, and clothes on your back. How then can your
success be due to anything other than your own resourcefulness and brilliance?
Take for instance the millions
of others around the world who work just as hard, many even harder than you but
have nothing of material consequence to show for it. People who can’t make
rent. People who don’t even have homes. People living in slums and on street
corners barely scraping by. How can your success be due to anything you are
doing? Are they not putting in enough hours? Are they not just as resourceful?
Do not live for this temporary
world and things contained in it. Do not be blinded by the glint and shine. None
of it is real.
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