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It’s Not About Me
We live in a culture and in a society in a day and age where it's all about me.
It's all about consumerism.
It's all about consumption.
It's all about what do I get out of this?
I think many people possibly struggle with this to some degree.
I think it's a human nature to battle this to a degree.
I think some of us feed that mindset...and we feed it often. And that's that's who we become.
And then I think there's those of us who (hopefully I'm one of them...and hopefully you're one of them) are going to fight against that nature and know that we're put on this planet to do more than just consume it.
It's not about me.
When we approach life that way, life can be so much more fulfilling. There is so much more joy because we're waking up each day knowing I don't know how much time I have on this earth, but I want to make an impact.
I want to impact people's lives. And so I think maybe today if you're struggling with some discouragement or maybe today you're alone. What I've heard about people that battle depression, battle anxious thoughts, or battle discouragement...what a lot of them do to get out of that pit - what a lot of them do - is they find someone around them that maybe has it a little or a lot worse off than they have it and they go figure out how to add value to that person's life.
It might be making a meal for someone and taking it to their house.
It might be helping a single mom out, moving some furniture into their new apartment.
It might be mentoring a young teenager that lost someone - maybe lost a parent - or helping someone who has a rough life at home.
You see, when we step out of our world and all of our problems and we lift others up, it's amazing the things that we can accomplish for someone else and the great joy that comes from impacting others. So whatever you're going through toda - I want to encourage you find one thing that you can do for someone else today to impact their life. And I'd be willing to bet that it may not be today, it may not be next week, but as we start to do those things more and more and look to impact others in a positive way, I'd like to think that there's a whole lot of joy coming your way. Don't do it for that. Do something positive to impact and help others - but as we give and serve and love others, feelings of joy is what happens. We start to become full and fulfilled. My hope for us today is that we would impact someone's life in a positive way.