Be Grateful

I am extremely blessed. I have been blessed with a wonderful family. An opportunity to go to and to FINISH law school. Great friends and church family. Life, health, and strength. I can go on and on. I am guilty of focusing so much on the things I want, and on the things that are going wrong in my life that I began to just be sad most of the time. That state of mind is not only bad for you, but it is wrong. God has given us so much and has blessed us so much, we should be grateful for everything, through the good, and even when things appear to be bad. In the bible God tells us to meditate on those things that are good, and that is what we should do, and thank God the whole time through.

Life can be a much better experience if we all just recognize that the things we dont have may not be meant for us, and all in God's timing will we get the things we need and maybe even some of the things we want. God will give us all that is necessary for us to live a life that is fulfilling and of purpose.

No more will I dwell on the bad, but praise Him through it all, and just have faith in knowing everything is in His hands.

Whose Life is the Most Significant?

In my "Leading Lives that Matter" course yesterday, we came upon the issue of the significance of life. We viewed it through the eyes of two authors. One romanticized the blue collared workers life, as though their life was better and more meaningful because it involved "struggle." He said that they held the "secret of life". On the other hand, he went to a place of wealth, stayed a while, and found that place to be boring and without a purpose. He ridiculed those who were educated and sought to live their lives with the significance of gaining more knowledge. Here was my response to this subject (What do you think):

"The danger is in romanticizing one way of life over the other. The danger is doing things and not knowing or understanding why you do them but going off of what others say or think. There is an inherent wisdom that comes from learning from others, BUT you must be careful not to put people into boxes and make broad generalizations. We all are pieces of the same puzzle, with one part missing, the puzzle is not complete. You take away intellectualism you risk the failing of the democracy, liberty and freedom, the very laws of which we are governed. You take away the coal miners and you give away your countries independence and pull away the threads of the foundation of the things which are the basic necessities of life. However, the wheels will continue to turn because we are made to survive one way or another. Take away what we know as food, any man will find it in the trees, take away the water well, any thirsty man will dig til he finds it. However there is a level of accountability that will always be required, good and evil will always be present, and justice will always be sought."

In my view there is a need for both. What are your thoughts?