Wonder

Gazing at the countryside
With thoughts racing at 100 miles
My mind's eye remains focussed on You

I hear the birds -Your voice through them
I feel the breeze - Your breath in it
I see the skies explode with color
the wonder of Your hands......

A stone and then a rock
A hill and then the mountain tops
Amazing how they all were made
Ingenious - that's Your style.

Yet inspite of all this Lord,
You love man despite himself
The being made in Your likeness,
With character that denies that

Man - the destructor
You - the Creator...

It is humbling- Your love for me,
Undeserving in every way.
Hear my prayer, dear Lord I plea,
Teach me to love the way You do,
Enable me to be like You.

Amen.

Thinking.....

Has anyone really ever noticed that no matter how hard you try to catch up with the things you feel are important in your life, the sooner you tend to miss on other things? People say we can do more by making priority lists but doesn't that cause us to neglect other little things that could have been important though we thought they weren't really important? Ironically, this is the story of our lives.

Different people have different views about what's important in life. We rarely tend to give a hoot for other people's dreams or ideals. Our lives circle around ourselves. What is our life's ultimate purpose? At the end of the few years we live, what have we really achieved? Not all of us can be Alfred Nobel or Albert Einstein but yet there are so many ways that we can live a life of fulfillment. Many people have faced this question and few have ended up getting depressed cause they feel they lack a purpose in life.

I wonder, could we all share a common purpose? I guess with our different beliefs, different cultures, different ambitions and different lifestyles I could be wrong to assume that deep down inside, we are basically the same. Sometimes we tend to focus on the small picture while forgetting what the bigger picture is all about. I believe its all about helping each other become better people. I believe that by reducing hunger, one reduces poverty. By meeting the basic needs of our fellow man, we improve the quality of life of the entire human race. Am I talking crazy here? I sincerely, from deep within, don't think so!!! Personally, i feel it is our basic human right to help others become better people by first becoming better ourselves. As in Hey Preacher, practise what you preach!!

When we concentrate our time and effort into getting things done for others, we end up doing the best we can do for Humanity. By just going out of your way to help someone, you have done a very important thing in his or her life. Who says you will be appreciated for what you just did? That may never happen... But when it comes down to doing it again even though you are not commended, would you do it again? I must confess, i fail to help others, as i like to be appreciated for what i do. But then again thats just being small. True greatness would be doing it without the search for praise. I guess the way we can say we spent our lives well, is by looking back and checking out the number of lives we have influence positively.

Well, that's food for thought.. I guess i got to start thinking about what should be really important to me. God bless you all and Take care... Let's make this world a better place..Let's help a brother or sister....:-D