It's not death
I worry about
It's life that will bury us all
It's the frustration of finishing the day
In the exact same place you started it
If you are lucky
It's not sorrow
It's getting hard to handle
It's being optimistic that grinds us to dust
With nothing to hope for you take it as it comes
And it only comes close to what you wish it will
If you are lucky
It's not the sound of noise that you really hate
It's the silence that comes and covers your soul
You can learn to live with noise; it's a sound of life
It's the sound of silence that makes you feel dead
If you are lucky
It's being surrounded by noise
Being sad and preferably dead
That I really wish for
If I'm lucky.
A great writer once said, that a great book requires a great theme.
So does a great life.
An endless stream of books are meaningless and will not last as great literature, because they do not have a great theme.
So it is with people.
All too much in human history is wasted and meaningless because there is no great theme, no great purpose in life. Men and women have a deep hunger in life for meaning and purpose, but so often they are afraid to let go of a self-centered ego.
To have a great theme in life involves taking a risk of moving beyond the narrow limitations of myself and discovering our true self where Jesus is at the center: nurturing, healing and empowering us to be men and women for others.
Here is our great theme, our meaning and purpose…
So does a great life.
An endless stream of books are meaningless and will not last as great literature, because they do not have a great theme.
So it is with people.
All too much in human history is wasted and meaningless because there is no great theme, no great purpose in life. Men and women have a deep hunger in life for meaning and purpose, but so often they are afraid to let go of a self-centered ego.
To have a great theme in life involves taking a risk of moving beyond the narrow limitations of myself and discovering our true self where Jesus is at the center: nurturing, healing and empowering us to be men and women for others.
Here is our great theme, our meaning and purpose…
