A tranquil heart gives life to the flesh,
but envy makes the bones rot.
Proverbs 16:30
Never Enough. That is the problem I see most often in my counseling. People like to compare what they have to others, or the availability of all that is out there, and they never have enough. Peace within never comes from without. Life - real life - comes from what is within, never from the stuff outside - be it relationships, gadgets or approval of others. We all know that deep down, but we do not live it well. Rot... Think of the rottenest thing you can, and then contrast that will the calmest thing you can think off, whether it be by a beach or a stream, or sitting in your living room on Christmas Eve silently looking at your Christmas tree. The contrast of those two things is only the beginning of that between life lived in thanksgiving and faith toward God, and life pursuing everything else under the sun. Chose life.
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