Posted on 06/18/2022 7:56:29 PM PDT by Daffynition
Below.
Food for thought, unless you are on a diet.
(Excerpt) Read more at getpocket.com ...
In the so-called “great reset”, most of us will be considered “useless eaters”.
Well, it’s good on one level. But on another, it’s dangerous without citing moral and civic perspective.
Antifa feel useful. BLM feel useful. Socialists feel useful, etc.
Actually, our purpose in life is to glorify God. That may, under certain circumstances, include being useful, but the goal is glorifying God. Usefulness is a method, not a goal.
Hmmm....
....And here, all along, I thought it was to worship the one true God.
But this sounds so.......COLLECTIVIST!
Sure you’re not a commie red??
Amen.
Amen! Truth.
All our works pass away. Everything under the sun is futile without the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
Our Creator wants his Children to Prosper and by example lef others to see that our God is Good and a mighty or, The Mighty force creation depends on to be successful, fruitful, and have meaning in Life.
You can retire from your job. Get involved in politics. You can join the local political organization. Volunteer at your Church. Etc.
Pharoe’s hebrew slaves were useful but not exactly God’s vision for His children.
Amen!
I have to agree with this.
Being truly ‘useful’ is probably a product of being something else, first.
A lot of delusional people obviously think they are ‘useful’ - busybodies and a lot of radical leftist activists think they are ‘useful’.
But those are very different from people who really know themselves through sincere self-examination, and find genuine meaning in their individual lives through an inner understanding.
““The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.””
But the reason people will do those things is because it makes them happy or provides a sense of satisfaction. If it didn’t they wouldn’t do it.
The “pursuit of happiness” is still every person’s goal. But not everyone will be happy pursuing the same thing. We all have different sources (and definitions) of happiness, and they changes with time and situations.
Happiness is not a sustainable feeling or state of mind. Once you have achieved or acquired something that makes you ‘happy’ you will go back to the state where you were ‘not happy’. Not to mean you will be sad but the feeling of ‘happiness’ will dissipate.
bump
Yup. Service.
That’s lovely! Reminiscent of “Random Acts of Kindness.”
I won’t hear of that. You are a total gem!
Yeah, but they’re just immature, misguided crackpots.
For later
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