“There is an unwritten rule saying that “the world is for the strong”, that “only the fittest survive.” If it were like that, human beings would never have existed, because they are part of a species that needs to be protected for a long period of time (specialists say that we are only capable of surviving on our own after nine years of age, whereas a giraffe takes only six to eight months, and a bee is already independent in less than five minutes).” – Paulo Coelho
Day: October 25, 2020
Playbook of an abusive partner
- Actively drive the fear of life without abuse, with an illusion of no safety nets.
- Wait for the oppressed to beg for your return.
- Return immediately they beg and institute a higher version of abuse, with less loopholes for future protest.
A key
Life.
If you have it, find something to do with it.
If that something brings you joy, do it till it no longer brings you joy, then take a break and do something else. If the new thing does not bring you joy, take a break and either go to your former source of joy or find something else.
No one finds the meaning of life through thinking about life. Those that gain understanding do so through the work of their hands. It does not even have to be grand. You just have to do what you find so well, that it will be a manifestation of the beauty within. When our eyes see our hands doing what we innately know is beautiful, we find meaning in an otherwise meaningless reality.
Life.
We are all martyrs.
Sacrificing ourselves daily to improve the alternatives others will have.
Some sacrifice themselves working extra hard on things that do not bring them joy, so that their partners and children have the alternative of exploring the beauty within.
Some sacrifice themselves staying in toxic relationships, so that others watching do not give up easily when things get hard.
Life.
No one knows the whole of it, yet everyone holds a part it.
Own the part in your care. For it is a key to the whole.
– Osasu Oviawe
Tests
Matthew 22:34-40
But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sad’ducees, they came together. And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, to test him. “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?” And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the law and the prophets.”
Homily:
I am grateful for the insincere tests. They provided great opportunities for Jesus to teach timeless lessons.