Living For Others Is Living



What would you do if you were retired? You're wealthy; money automatically comes in without direct effort. All bills and buying desires are covered. Think of what you would do. Will these activities make you happy? Those not retired would likely answer “yes,” right? But for some, having it all doesn't fill the void. Some find themselves searching but never finding.

The news often shares tragic stories of rich people going off the deep end. The seemingly 'have-it-alls' fall into murder, drug addiction, sexual depravity, mental psychosis, etc. We find ourselves saying “if I was them, I would be happy.”

Hasn't the western culture conditioned the world to believe that more material possessions equals happier people? The bigger house, nicer car, more vacations and more consumer items will produce MORE joy, peace and happiness, right? A lovely false fairytale. False for those wealthy without human responsibility. Not responsibility to produce more wealth and protect it. Purposeful responsibility to the human element.

The wealthy are responsible to look after the poor. The material security the masses pursue makes the wealthy. Without purpose towards the human element, loneliness is real in a room full of people who love you. Without a good purpose, a person who has it all finds they have nothing to truly contribute to others. They find themselves unfulfilled and lacking purpose.

Perhaps the 'burden' of the many to scratch out a living isn't a burden for them after all, but a meaningful blessing. Perhaps the following is indeed true:
I know that there is nothing better for people than to be happy and to do good while they live. That each of them may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all their toil—this is the gift of God.
- Ecclesiastes 3: 12-13
Make life humanly meaningful.

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