Too High A Price
Remember when you were a teenager and couldn’t wait to
enjoy the supposed fruits of adulthood? As a wise man said youth is wasted on
the young. So many truths of youth take on a different patina when viewed with
experienced eyes. Who wouldn’t love to have the energy, the recuperative power,
the hair and above all the knees of our youth? But at what price?
Looking back at the young me I was filled with self as only the young can be, I
thought I had all the answers and was quick to offer them up, usually unasked and
I was clueless to downright dismissive on spiritual matters. I placed
possessions, accomplishments, and titles on the pedestal of success, expecting
them to provide personal significance, holding these things as important, even
paramount, chasing the fleeting chimera of perceived entitlement, believing
spiritual living was archaic, pointless in these modern times. So, the question
is: Would we surrender the work done to Live on the Spiritual Basis, the
visible and invisible scars so well earned, forgotten, to recapture youths’
glow and promise?
I can only answer for me, but no, I wouldn’t. The price too high where
spiritual pride, self-righteousness, the hedonism, especially at the expense of
others are on the bill. So, I guess I’m stuck with thinning hair, afternoon
naps and the memory of a 28-inch waist. It’s not so bad though, although I may
have to don reading glasses my vision has never been better, I see with the
clarity that comes by trusting and relying upon infinite God, rather than my
finite self. I have learned the hard lesson of refraining from answering
unasked questions, having learned through bitter experience that as much as I
may wish to help, that help is not welcomed if offered uninvited.
So, when the day comes, hopefully sometime from now, when we somersault into
eternity our life will be measured not by the love we received or even earned,
but by the love and the blessings we gave anonymously, this truly the mark of
our lives, not the things we owned or the accolades we garnered. I really do miss
the hair and the knees though.
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