The Rich & The Famous

isn't always as it's cut out to be. we think that if we have all the money in the world, we'd find happiness and contentment. but what is contentment? it's being satisfied but if someone is searching for something to fill that void within then i don't think they'll ever find contentment in this world of things.. because i've come to thoroughly see that in the end, things are just things. one can have all the nice things in this world but technically it's just nice things that rust and get old..

there's a story about a pastor who was supposed to speak at a funeral for a church member who had passed. this pastor tho didn't have a suit to wear and so the funeral home had a couple extra which they use for the corpses. the pastor tried one on and it fit perfectly. while he was reaching in at the pockets they were sewn shut. the pastor looked puzzled at why the pockets were sewn shut and the funeral worker said, "when we leave we can't take anything with us so what's the use of pockets?"

i was referred by a couple that ive been occasionally babysitting for for the past couple of years. they referred me to a friend of theirs who just came from korea. this lady and her friends live the "big ballin" kind of life. they were gracious to me & took me out to dinner last night to get me introduced to her daughter. these people know all kinds of people, Miss Korea, renown directors, actors, people who drive lamborginis.. and sitting amongst these people made me all the more humble at how thankful I am to have a life like i do. leaving their house last night made me come to think of what i do have, altho it may not be much to them, but to me it's just enough. i know for some who see people who have it all, in the worldly sense, would be jealous and envious that they do not have these things. And for some, they would have been that much more motivated to obtain this kind of lifestyle. but i realized for me, it really humbled me at how i never want to become rich. to have and think that i did it on my own terms when it was really God who gives. it reminded me that a person is not a person based on status, what kind of car they drive and how much money they have. a person is so much more than that. and how many times does Jesus remind us in the bible NOT to base judgment and favoritism on just THAT... THINGS. so whether we drive lamborgini's, stay at the best ritz carlton suites, eat high quality food, etc.. that in the end, we're all the same... humans. And in need of a savior who provides so much more than just.. "things"

-Live Productively