appreciate your present

Next time you start to think life wouldn't suck if you had that dream job, dream car, or dream house...just remember that your present reality, the one with the things that you seem to find so unsatisfying...is probably someone else's dream car, dream job or dream house.

What do I know of love?

Since I'm stuck indoors (to be explained in a future post), I've been doing some reading. And this really hit me today. I read it...and I'm not sure I'm done marinating on it yet. But thought it should be shared.

"LUKEWARM PEOPLE love others but do not seek to love others as much as they love themselves. Their love for others is typically focused on those who love them in return, like family, friends, and other people they know and connect with. There is little love left over for those who cannot love them back, much less for those who intentionally slight them, whose kids are better athletes than theirs, or with whom conversations are awkward or uncomfortable. Their love is highly conditional and very selective, and generally comes with strings attached."

(from Crazy Love by F. Chan)

And then read Matthew 5:43-47.

Thanks for calling me out, Mr. Chan. I do not want strings attached to my love. I want to be selfless...and my love unconditional. As I am loved by God, may I learn to love others in the same way.