Good morning
Today is a bit of a reflection day.
The world that we live in has become one of instant gratification, not only a me-first but a me-only maelstrom of chaos. No matter how calm and collected we may be, we only have to drive in traffic to experience this first hand. It's easy to get irritated by 'selfish idiots' on the road, even if we ourselves don't become one of them because of other road users. This is one minute symptom of a dysfunctional society. The impact goes much deeper than road-rage.
Whatever the reasons are for this destructive attitude and lifestyle, it is simply not sustainable. Although I would love to have Michael Jackson's song 'Heal the World' work magic, it is only by God's grace and Our Lord Jesus' return that we may actually heal the world. Until then, the best that we can do is to do some personal reflection and have a little compassion. Hopefully this should be enough to temper our pride and egotism and allow for freedom for other people to also not be expected to be perfect.
No one is perfect. Nor should we expect that anyone is. If we allow it, inner interrogation may identify for us all the flaws that we each have. I'm not saying that we are all bad and should constantly self-flagellate, nor that we should live our lives as martyrs on the altar of self-denegration. What we can do is each take responsibility for how we live our lives and have the grace to accept that no one is perfect.
Of course, I'm talking here about individual responsibility and not the hatred and chaos which permeates society today. That is a much bigger problem to solve.
As individuals, we need look no further than the lack of relationship cohesion between couples and how we are taught to live in the Bible. As only one example and, right in the very beginning of the first book, Genesis: 2-24, (New King James Version) we are given a blueprint to follow if we are to have a fulfilled and comfortable life.
and they shall become one flesh."
This is not the life we live today and is a lifestyle which has been perpetrated and perpetuated since the 1940s and 1950s. I'm not going to go into the reasons here because that's a whole different topic as is the destruction of the family. However, focusing on the basic relationship between men and women, it's not difficult to see that we have a problem. As an example, too many men are abdicating their power as husbands and fathers and looking for the next best thing while too many women see men as a pay cheque to cater for their every whim while not expecting to give anything in return. No wonder the world's in such a mess.
If men can accept that women are not perfect and vice versa, but together a man and a woman can grow into a good relationship as God declared in The Beginning, we may be able to begin the process of healing our world.
Here's today's tongue-in-cheek poem which is a salutary warning too.
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| Waiting for her perfect man (picture source Grok AI) |
MAN PERFECT MAN
The lady sits and waits
She already knows the score
Any minute now she'll see
Her perfect man walk through the door
The lady sits and waits
A trifle sad it's true
Her perfect man's not yet arrived
She's turning somewhat blue
The lady sits and waits
She sits and she waits still
For that man to lift her spirit
The one who fits the bill
The lady sits and waits
So many years have passed
There is no man who's perfect
She understands at last
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