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There is the smell of “stale God” in the air.
It stinks.
The odious cloud has risen from a thousand misunderstood scriptures, ten thousand meaningless sermons and a million converts sitting around thinking that saying a prayer or munching on Holy Eucharist does anything of lasting quality.
Maybe it’s just this American attitude that everything is important, which makes us end up giving undue attention to the least effective path to progress.
I will tell you this–I’ve read the Gospels many times, and it doesn’t take much perusing to discover that Jesus had an order of importance when it came to human living. It may astound some of the faithful to discover that he doesn’t give prominence to prayer, fasting, church attendance or Bible reading. He assumed that we should just do those things on our own time, without any pomp and circumstance, to help us energize the things that are important.
From my discovery, these are the five that keep us alive:
1. No one is better than anyone else.
I remember when I was ten years old, I sat down and picked out my favorite army men. After that I never played with the others. I lost out on some great toys. The same thing happens when we pick our favorite people.
2. Don’t judge people.
Drawing conclusions makes ugly pictures and jumping to conclusions always lands you in a mud puddle.
3. “Give and it shall be given unto you.”
If you happen to be going through some lean times, you might want to fatten up your generosity. Human beings are led by example.
4. Don’t be a hypocrite.
Nobody expects anybody else to be perfect. But we do require honesty about faults.
5. Go the second mile.
Life is not meant to be easy; otherwise, lazy people would soon be in charge. It’s in the second mile of effort that we discover the treasures of our own perseverance and the mysteries of human life.
I can guarantee you that whatever afterlife awaits us will have little to do with piety or sanctimonious practices. But if you pursue these important things, you will find that whatever is awaiting us is merely a continuation of the joy we have found in our magical five.
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