Wednesday’s thoughs
Sunday, October 14th is “Children’s Sabbath”. In reflecting on the nature of success and failure and thinking about what we want our children to understand I have come up with three things I want our children and adults to understand about life and how to live.
There is a time in life for striving. It’s the time when we learn how to compete. It’s a time when we discover the spirit within us; the spunk within us. We test our limits. We push ourselves forward with confidence.
There is a time in life for thriving. The striving is over, and we have discovered our soul. We come to a time when we are at home with ourselves and are at peace with the person we have become.
There is a time in life for arriving. The striving and thriving lead to a stage in life when we ar comfortable with our limits. We have been inspired by the spirit in us, and we have found peace with the soul that is the essence of ourselves, and we arrive at the sense of the eternal that is at the foundation of life itself.
Personally, I understand the first two stages better than I understand the last stage. I think the sense of arriving is something that may take the remainder of our lives to accomplish. Getting in touch with the eternal is a life-long effort.
I would like our children to understand this. I would like to understand it better myself.
What do you think? Write me at charlesschuster@fcfumc.net (Note sometimes the email address doesn’t come through. If you click on the space you will capture my email address). If you are willing to have others read your responses click on the ‘comments’ box below.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Charles
