The messaging is sometimes subtle and sometimes not so much.
The messaging essentially says, when it comes to the crunch in making decisions, you’re better off just suiting yourself. What should you do with any money you earn? Sure meet the pressing obligations, but beyond that – suit yourself. What should you do with any spare time you get? Well you’ve been so busy with other things, you might as well suit yourself.
That’s a reasonable response to give in certain circumstances. There is, however, a question of where that response is coming from. Why motivate the response to suit yourself?
There’s also another question to consider – do I have to suit myself? Is there another way? What if there was another way? Another way of life that didn’t neglect your essential needs, but provided a narrative that wasn’t so self absorbed or self-centred?
What if there was a way of life that sought ot use the time you had for the benefit of others – sharing time with them, giving them space to breathe, supporting them in their grief, being present for them in their distress, celebrating their achievements, just being there when they’re going through the mundane hum-drum of life?
What if there was someone who lived that kind of life that served others and gave them a platform to live in the same way? What if there was a way of life that offered you the opportunity to get in on something much bigger than you that gave meaning and purpose that lasted far beyond you. What if that was worth living and dying for?
Perhaps that would be a good reason to see that just living to ‘suit yourself’ is not always the right answer.
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For His Name’s Sake
Shalom
C. L. J. Dryden
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