we as human beings tend to live our lives in such bondage... bondage of fear, bills, expectations, self.... I've been noticing this lately. Life is FULL of "supposed to's".. I'm supposed to do this or that... I'm supposed to wear these kinds of clothes or carry this kind of purse or drive that kind of car or marry by such and such age... we are supposed to pay our bills and visit our families and remember everyone else's birthdays and choose teams... we are supposed to buy presents at christmas and renew our driver's licenses and pay our taxes and pick a political party.... the list goes on and on...
I think alot of these things are *hopefully* things we want to do.. like celebrate a loved one's birthday with them... and pay bills so that we can drive to our job... but I think even though many of these things are important to us life begins to spin out of control.. we find ourselves living in bondage of car payments and house payments and expectations and fear that we won't succeed.. and sometimes fear that we will succeed...
Life as an adult can so easily become a competition... climbing to the top of the ladder, accumulating more stuff and more bills and more more more... all the while missing what is TRULY important...
When I see a disaster in the world, such as the recent earthquake in Haiti, I am in awe of how it brings out the best in some people and the worst in others... like all that "bondage" doesn't matter anymore because it's all gone and now all they care about is surviving.. I watch the news and I've seen people who are risking their lives to help others and then I've seen still others who are killing for a loaf of bread. I pray that I never find myself in a situation such as that however I have noticed that in times of great trial many people let the bondage of fear fall away and rise from the ashes to do great things with amazing selfless love... freedom from the bondage of self.
May I learn this lesson in my life today, hopefully without needing to experience great disaster...
