Inspiration

I would rather say, Don't be selfish and don't be too egocentric neither. It's not healthy and it won't lead you to the right direction. I was listening a great lecture tonight. It was mostly about how you live your life, how you react on your life situation, how is your relationship with God. If you have one.

Imagine you are a parent. You grew up in a religious family. Doesn't matter if you are Christian, or Jewish, or Muslim, or Buddhist or whatever. The thing is you've been relying and trusting in God. And bum, one huge explosion happens in your perfect life,  the doctors says that your first born child have a disease, and he won't be healthy, and it's not sure at all, that he gonna live more then one or two years. So how would you react?!

The lecturer was talking about her personal example. The way she acted. She was from a religious family, who grew up surrounded with truly believers, and she herself was a truly believer as well. So what was her first reaction? I think everyone know the answer. It was, 'Why God, why? What did I do wrong?' Yep.... Nothing.

 She decided not praying anymore, and she was asking a loads of questions. And here comes the inspiration, which is another point of view. What helped her, was when she realized how important is the GIVING. A Relationship, where you are NOT SELFISH, and it's not about you. She realized how important is really to GIVE THANKS to God. Because it's not evident, that you are healthy, or your friends, parents, children gonna be healthy. And she was talking about her other younger children, how they are living their life with it. They know the fact, that they are privileged, because they can talk, they can move and walk and they can see it everyday.

She said another example. Just imagine there is two 10 years old boy. One of them used to live all his 10 years on the streets of Manhattan. He had to steal his breakfast, his lunch and supper everyday. He slept on the streets. And then one day, a woman and man, a parents from nowhere stops near him, and offers to him, 'Hey, do you want to live with us? We have a room, and we can give you food, and we would love to be your parents.' And the 10 years old boy says, sure, why not, but inside he doesn't believe it at all. They arriving to the new home, and they are giving him lunch. What is he doing?! He is eating very fast, and hiding some food to his pocket. Because, who knows If I will get any food for supper. And the dinner, when they give them supper. He do the same. And still doesn't believe that it's true and it's just happened with him. So after like some days even some weeks he realizes, that it's actually true, and he is safe, he still gonna feel, that he is in a privileged situation, and he gonna be thankful.
But here comes the other 10 years old boy. Who grew up in a middle class family. He got everything he wanted. And one morning, there is no Choco Cereals. He starts to scream like, 'Mom, how is that, there is no Choco cereals, when you exactly know, that this is my favorite breakfast. I can't believe, this is the only thing I want in the morning, and you are not able to give me any?!?!?'
Do you feel the difference between the two 10 years old boy?! :)

And you know what, often we, me as well, just forgot about to say THANKS GOD, that I am privileged, and I am healthy, I have a place to sleep, I have food to eat, I have friends and family etc.

So all together it was a great inspiration to hear the story. Because she found her way back through this situation to God. She realized, it's not a punishment, it's just another way to learn about giving. Giving love and time and be a difference in this running and selfish world.

The Gospel according to Dobby

Dobby was the slave of the family of a servant of the evil He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named. He couldn't say no to his masters, and if he did something which wasn't exactly according to his masters wish, they punished him, or Dobby punished himself. Dobby heard about the Son, who is warm-hearted and kind, so even though his Lords ordered him to do bad things which stops the Son, he couldn't do because the Boy was completely different, then his masters. Dobby was always dreaming about becoming free one day - Because the house elves are slaves as you know - but his release couldn't happen until his masters would give him a small piece of clothing. One day the Son achieved with a trick, that Dobby got a sock from his evil master. From that day on Dobby is a free elf. He started to work, he was offered a big salary, but he only asked enough money to buy some new clothes and food for himself. The Son decided to be Dobby's friend, and Dobby was ready to give his life for the Boy who Lives.

Possibility

They are giving you a plastic fork but not for keeping it later. You use it once, and then you have to throw out to the garbage. You neither have to keep the paper- nor the plastic bag, there is just too much of them, so it's almost impossible to put all of them in to the garbage. You bought a no-name jeans, you wear it for a month, then you throw it out, because it frayed don't mention where (...). You bought a PC, but the day after Tomorrow a new game gonna be trendy, and your computer gonna be out of date, you have to buy a new one then. The manikins in the case, jewelry and clothes, the electronic tools are shouting to you from behind the cases that: throw away, throw away your old things, buy a new one, a cool one, BE TRENDY. Go with the flow! New phone every half a year, new observations: YOU MUST TRY IT, wow, that's freakin unbelievable, I don't know buddy, where have you been?! - let's try THIS one. C'mon you can't be that odd.

You have an unbelievable luxury home, with a huge park. You have the best boss EVER. A true friend, you can share everything with him. You are always keep in touch, often talk long hours during the night, sitting in the garden. You have a WONDERFUL husband/wife. You love your job, you feel like you are valuable and they are appreciating your work. Everything is super cool. Really. Everything is just PERFECT.

Then you meet someone guileful like a snake -You feel better not trusting him/her- and he/she whispers: All right, but ... Are you sure everything is THAT cool?

Game Start

ME, HOLLY WOOD this is my name, all right?!, swear to God, who is the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, whole Trinity I can count to three, OK?, one eternal God, that I love Ted E. Baer hmm, would it be Mrs Holly E. Baer or Mrs Holly Baer-Wood, or just simply Mrs E. Baer??, whose hand  in the presence of God  I am holding wow! strong guy, isn't he?, I caught him for myself. My precious, He is mine, only mine. I am going to marry him because of love, under the law of God Yes, finished!. I gonna be faithful to him If no one else wants me, and on holidays as well, I gonna be satisfied with him If he gonna have a great salary, I gonna tolerate him If it deserves my toleration, I gonna suffer with him always, except during the work shifts and on holidays, and I won't leave him neither in health, nor in sickness except the case of impotence, neither in happiness nor in sadness oh my naive Teddy, until my or his dying day If you gonna cheat on me, I gonna kill you, I will not let him in disbelief definitely not in disbelief, but in all my life I will be his faithful helper just let us write that wealth contract asap, let God help me through I thoroughly suggest Him to do it so!