“All economic growth is just population growth plus productivity growth. Half of that equation turns ugly over the next 30 years in a way it wasn’t over the last 30 years. Or 50. Or 200.”
Day: March 3, 2019
Cue 6 – Helicopter Parenting
“Parents get more intense as a country gets more unequal over time, and grow more permissive if the country gets more equal.”
Come Alive
In every room of people, there is always someone that feels awkward. Someone the feels they shouldn’t be there. Someone that feels choked.
If you are that person, look around the room. There is always someone like you. You will know them when you see them. Because you are already them. Walk up to them, smile and say, “Can you help me feel less out of place here?”
Or, say whatever you think will help you connect. You’ve got this.
If you are not that person, look around the room. There is someone that needs you more than the one you’re sharing the same tale for the umpteenth time with. There is someone that will be truly thrilled by your presence, your story, your smile. Walk up to them, smile and say, “Do you want to hear something truly amazing?”
Or, say whatever you think will help you connect. You’ve got this.
The room needs all of us to come alive. The room needs you and I to come alive.
The world needs all of us to come alive. The world needs you and I to come alive.
– Osasu Oviawe
Your fruit
Luke 6:43-45
“For no good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit; for each tree is known by its own fruit. For figs are not gathered from thorns, nor are grapes picked from a bramble bush.
The good man out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil man out of his evil treasure produces evil; for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.
Homily:
“Each tree is known by its own fruit.”
What do you produce?
What do you create?
What do you bring forth?
Are you blaming the choices, chances and circumstances available?
Does an apple tree produce anything but apples, in spite of choices, chances and circumstances? It either produces apples or it does not exist.
Luckily, humans are not trees, so where choices, chances and circumstances are unfavourable, we can move. Move to where you can flourish.
There is no excuse to produce who you are not.
What fruits do we see in the world?
“The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.” – Galatians 5:19-21
As a Christian, what are your fruits?
“But the fruit of the Spirit is Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness, Self-control. Against such things there is no law.” – Galatians 5:22-23
You will be known by your fruit.