Contemplations

Give without expecting the golden rule to return the favour. Serve without the need for appreciation. Let your work be inspired by sincerity and not just the drive to succeed. Take time to hear people out, and not just the ones who speak your language. When you fall in love, let it be unexpected.

The Bright Side of Darkness

Jesus said, “Mark my words, no one who sacrifices house, brothers, sisters, mother, father, children, land—whatever—because of me and the Message will lose out. They’ll get it all back, but multiplied many times in homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and land—but also in troubles. And then the bonus of eternal life! This is once again the Great Reversal: Many who are first will end up last, and the last first.” John 10:29-31

Objectives

Lots of people make lists of things they want to do in the next ten or twenty years or before they die. Here’s my list of life goals. I know they’re not concrete and measurable. But I wrote them to be more directive rather than something to be achieved.