I Want to Be Good at Life

I want to be well-traveled.
Well-read.
Well-groomed.
Well-fed.
I want to be fit, cultured, smart, and down-right good looking.
I definitely want to be spiritual.
I want people to like me and I want to like myself.

I want to be good at life.

But why?

I'm starting to think more and more that we're not put on this earth to make ourselves be or look better. Don't get me wrong, I don't think there's a thing wrong with striving to meet challenges and having goals. I don't think there's anything evil with trying to learn, or be a better person.

The question is: why do we do these things?

What is our motivation for striving for things in life? It is so we can feel good about ourselves, to impress others, or is it to delight our perfect, holy Father who's given us breath so that we can know him. I think that if we try to impress ourselves or other people with our accomplishments, we're only pulling glory away from Him and trying to shine it onto ourselves.

So go ahead, travel, read, run, carpe diem, live like you're dying, like life's not a dress rehersal... but do it because God has give you that opportunity and you can live to make Him smile... not to make yourself or others smile.

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I really hope you like what I've written and are impressed with me and think of me as very thoughtful and spiritual.

Oh yeah, I really like sarcasm.