Jonathots Daily Blog
(2096)
Everyone wants to be unique–yet no one wants to be peculiar.
Unique means “one of a kind.” To gain that individuality, you have to step away from the herd, chew your grass differently and end up producing fortified milk.
But in our society unique is defined as “doing what I want in the moment.” The absence of finding a position makes it unclear to those around where to find you.
Our culture teaches this ridiculous concept: let me reap and then I’ll sow–I promise.
In other words, “give me a reason to become excited and I’ll become excited.”
“Give me money and I’ll invest.”
“Give me a climate where everyone agrees with my philosophy, and I’ll embrace them with love.”
“Give me the funds for education, the books for reading and the classroom for receiving and I will eventually turn into a student.”
“Give me sex and I’ll consider love.”
“Grant me financial security and I will give my best impersonation of happy.”
“Take away hassle and I will try not to be grumpy.”
“Remove intimidation and bullying and I will show up to give you a better adequate performance.”
“Take away all the things that make life human and I will show you how divine I can be.”
This insipid thinking revolves around the word “unconditional.”
- Unconditional love: take me as I am and critique nothing.
- Unconditional faith: believe as I do and question nothing.
- Unconditional politics: be Republican or Democrat, swallow the pill and support the party.
- Unconditional romance: love me even though I have stopped loving myself by refusing to move in the direction of improvement.
- And on top of this, we use the dynamic of God‘s love, God’s grace and God’s mercy as the model for this ludicrous acceptance of mediocrity.
Let’s look at the way it was meant to be from the foundation of the world:
I promise to sow so I can reap.
There is nothing that will be harvested from our life journey unless we have first planted our seed.
There is nothing that is guaranteed without our focus and commitment.
And there is no way that reaping will occur before sowing–or the entire cosmos will implode.
I sat around a table last night with family and friends to celebrate my birthday. But we did not celebrate the passing of a year adding to my longevity. What we celebrated was my belief in the treasure of sowing … to reap.
Stop cheating yourself out of the joy of human life. You will never reap until you sow. No matter how much you plead and beg for a loan from the universe, the heavens will turn a deaf ear … until you can bring collateral.
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