Self-Gratification
1. the act of pleasing or satisfying oneself, especially the gratifying of one's own impulses, needs, or desires
Pleasure-seeking is a state that many find themselves in, consciously or not. This is not inherently bad in the moment if you are alone. But whenever you admit others into the mix, this becomes a very faulty motivation for behavior. Because most people are not mature enough to realize when their pleasure-seeking begins to impact others. Thus, groupthink from groups like this resemble groupthink from violent criminal organizations in the number of abuses that they create. One is simply more obvious than the other.
As a person who actually cares about other people, what would you choose? Would you choose to do the easy thing and gratify yourself, or would you do the right thing?
Saturday, June 25, 2016
Friday, June 24, 2016
Hope
I believe that, no matter what your concept of God is, sends us hope in various forms more often than we realize. It is up to us to accept this hope and not to fight against it. Because to fight against one's own hope is self-destructive.
When
Some people think that its not about the destination, but the journey. If we end up where we began, you can think of things in this way. But if the journey determines how long, then it becomes even more important than you might think of.
Some people only want to die. They wonder why haven't they been taken yet? Perhaps they had something to do. Perhaps their skills were needed. Perhaps they have loved and lost.
Some people only want to live as good of a life as they can. Perhaps that which was fundamentally them had been lost and they either have faith in something new or do not want to know that which they were. Whether they are simple folk with duties to do or people with myriad concerns who simply realize that there is always a higher authority.
Some people think "It is too late." It is never too late to choose to do the right thing. It is never too late to update and improve one's perspective. People who want to change the past are doomed to be stuck in it. People who can deal with the reality of it and what they did can, at the very least, help those who cannot.
Some people only want to die. They wonder why haven't they been taken yet? Perhaps they had something to do. Perhaps their skills were needed. Perhaps they have loved and lost.
Some people only want to live as good of a life as they can. Perhaps that which was fundamentally them had been lost and they either have faith in something new or do not want to know that which they were. Whether they are simple folk with duties to do or people with myriad concerns who simply realize that there is always a higher authority.
Some people think "It is too late." It is never too late to choose to do the right thing. It is never too late to update and improve one's perspective. People who want to change the past are doomed to be stuck in it. People who can deal with the reality of it and what they did can, at the very least, help those who cannot.
Everything In Its Own Time
No matter who you are. No matter what your issues happen to be. You probably think of the world in terms of conflict. Perhaps you try to rise above this and think of methods of unity. Perhaps location matters to you a lot. Perhaps you are more independent of that. No matter what, you care about Time. Whether it is the lack of time that allows you to fully experience life, or whether you care about the past or strive for a better future. You care about Time.
Oh yes, you care about Love. Love defines what you care about. This is important. But this comes in Time.
Patience is a virtue. Impatience often makes problems persist over time. People get so caught up with their own concerns or are brought up with artificial senses of entitlement that they forget that they are not the only people who matter. So they try to do things on their own time. They try to make things happen by themselves instead of trusting that which we now know to be true.
The question that everyone implicitly asks themselves is whose clock are you looking at?
Oh yes, you care about Love. Love defines what you care about. This is important. But this comes in Time.
Patience is a virtue. Impatience often makes problems persist over time. People get so caught up with their own concerns or are brought up with artificial senses of entitlement that they forget that they are not the only people who matter. So they try to do things on their own time. They try to make things happen by themselves instead of trusting that which we now know to be true.
The question that everyone implicitly asks themselves is whose clock are you looking at?
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