Selflessness

Selflessness is a quality worth having.  It doesn't mean that you don't love yourself; it just means that the people who you love are on your mind more.  And, maybe that's not the way it should be.  Maybe there should be a common ground between selflessness and selfishness, so that worrying about the ones we love doesn't overshadow the desicions we make for ourselves.

Philippians 2:4English Standard Version (ESV)

4 Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.

Philippians 2:21English Standard Version (ESV)

21 For they all seek their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.

Galatians 6:2English Standard Version (ESV)

2 Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.

Time To Let Go

You do not see that you need to let go until you realize how tight your holding on.  I am holding on to something too tightly and have finally realized it… I need to let go, in order to be normal.
       Larry the lesion came and that was a traumatic experience for everyone involved, I think.  Things kept happening one after the other.  Larry was discovered, then all this medicine came, my energy levels dropped, weight fluctuation, head pain, etc, etc….  I tried to not whine and complain but it turns out I did and still am.
       I care and love and worry about lots of people; my family and friends.  I would like to take the added work of helping me off of their plate, but I can't; it's not my fault.  And when you think about it, for the people who love me they will do whatever is necessary.
       I need to stop whining and complaining.  It is what it is.  I need to loosen my grip on the rope and let go.

Philippians 3:12-14 ESV / 312 helpful votes

Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

     

Jeremiah 29:11 ESV / 489 helpful votes

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.