Deep
Thought Friday
My posts are usually about My Life Lessons. These are the
things I’ve lived through, witnessed and now talk about how they’ve affected
me. In some instances, these things still affect me. While some of those things are actual facts/events, some are
readings and information that is passed on to me.
I want to change things a little. I
want this new “Deep Thought Friday”
series to be more than a casual stop on my blog for the latest read.
I want to allow you to come up with
your own conclusion to a situation… with your own moral of the story. I want to
see if you can connect with a particular story in such a way that it will give
you a sense of purpose, a new direction or perspective, and maybe just maybe -
think deeper and further than usual.
As you read, discuss the moral in
each story with your spouse or partner, or with a close friend. Connect every
story with yourself. Challenge yourself. Think about what you’ve learned from
the story and what change you can bring to your life.
This
week “Deep Thought Friday” is about
Discontentment and Greed… WHERE DOES IT
END?
“There
is a story about a wealthy farmer who was once offered all the land he could
walk on in a day, provided he came back by sundown to the point where he
started. To get a new start, early the next morning the farmer started covering
ground quickly because he wanted to get as much land as he could. Even though
he was tired, he kept going all afternoon because he didn't want to miss this
once in a lifetime opportunity to gain more wealth.
Late
in the afternoon he realized the condition he had to fulfil to get the land was
to get back to the starting point by sundown. His greed had gotten him far
enough. He started his return journey, keeping an eye on how close he was to
sundown. The closer it got to sundown, the faster he ran. He was exhausted, out
of breath and pushed himself beyond the point of endurance. He collapsed upon
reaching the starting point and died. He did make it before sundown. He was
buried and all the land he needed was a small plot”
There is so much I have to learn from this
story, so much truth…
“I would rather be what God chose to make me
than the most glorious creature that I could think of; for to have been thought
about, born in God's thought, and then made by God, is the dearest, grandest
and most precious thing in all thinking.”
~George
MacDonald
Happiness stares at me but the need for
more, for different blinds me at time from my blessings…
RosieSandz
