Return to yourself

The full moon here is to say “return to yourself! “

We live in noisy and busy life, and usually people think they need to be better than or superior to Others. Is it true?

I do know many people try to proof they are great, they are good etc. But, why do you need to prove?

Is it because you feel you are not good? You are not enough to do what you do right now? You feel threat by others because you feel others or specific someone is better than you?

We are all different and we all have different gifts from God to serve in this world to make the world better places and learn from it to be better you, not better than others.

In Bible says,

14 Even so the body is not made up of one part but of many. 15 Now if the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason stop being part of the body. 16 And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason stop being part of the body. 17 If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be? 18 But in fact God has placed the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be. 19 If they were all one part, where would the body be? 20 As it is, there are many parts, but one body. 21 The eye cannot say to the hand, “I don’t need you!” And the head cannot say to the feet, “I don’t need you!” 22 On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, 23 and the parts that we think are less honorable we treat with special honor. And the parts that are unpresentable are treated with special modesty, 24 while our presentable parts need no special treatment. But God has put the body together, giving greater honor to the parts that lacked it, 25 so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other. 26 If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it. 27 Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it. (‭‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭12‬‬:‭12‬-‭27‬ ‭NIV‬‬)

We all are like body parts in one body to be a human being to be here. Some might be really good at calculations, some are good at making something by hands or drawing etc…we remember that we are all different human being to serve different things in this world to make this society greater, not compete others.

But, of course, here we are as human beings, we easily forget we are different, so, if you feel that you want to prove you are better than someone else, then, look at yourself and go back to your heart and ask what your gift from God to serve. And, when you remember what your gift is, then, your feeling like you have to proof yourself that you are better than others will fade away slowly. After that, you will feel you are you, and remember who you are.

This is what the full moon says to you today, return to yourself. Retuning yourself is a start for your journey to remember who you are and being who you truly are. Then, you will have more peace in your life.

We are All Perfectly Imperfect

We human being tend to try to be perfect and compare to other people and disappointed by what you find in others and not in you. Some people, then, start being aggressively attacking to others or themselves, or trying to proof they are superior to others etc… Is it good thing? Answer is no.

In any religious teaching, I believe they tell you being humble. Is it difficult for you? Probably, answer is yes to many, and it is quite normal, so do not blame yourself. But, why it is difficult to be humble? Is this because you give up what you have, your effort, time etc? Please put your hands on your heart to ask yourself, if you think it is difficult for you to be humble. Being humble is not losing something or something you did. It is just accept the fact that you know what your talents, gifts and strengths, and also weaknesses. Why? Because, your weakness are someone’s strengths. Things that you cannot do by yourself, but someone can do or do with them. We cannot do everything by ourselves, as we all know, but we want to think we can do everything can be handled by ourselves. But, it is not true.

In Bible, there is a scripture to tell about church as a body of Jesus Christ. Explaining how church can work under one spirit with one body with many members. We are all under the universe and no matter where you live or you believe, we are the one. Meaning, it is like our body. Maybe, you are eyes, and some others are nose etc. Eye cannot smell roses if there is not nose how sweet they smell. Nose cannot see roses how beautiful they are without eyes. So, we, human beings, are like that. None of us is the same, but we are different and have different gifts to support each other to complete our society, which is like our body.

So, if you think in that way, then, we are not superior to anyone, but just different, and if you were not here, it is not perfect as a body. Being humble is you realize these differences and just appreciate the things other people do for you.

So, if you are part of our body, it means you do not need to focus on what you cannot do or do not have, because you have different things than others. Please focus what you have and you can and appreciate your gifts from God. Then, eventually, you will be more humble than now and won’t struggle to be, then, your life will be changed.