People talk a lot about what they love, where they want to be, what they believe and what they want to accomplish in life. But when you look at how they’re living, things often point in the opposite direction. And more often than we’d like to admit, those people are us.
We make proclamations about being devout Christians (or members of other religions). We talk about how much we value family. Then of course there are things like our careers and our extracurricular activities — including organizations that we belong to. We speak of trying to change our lives and get to a better place. Unfortunately and because of our own doing, we fall victim to our circumstances then end up complaining and confused. We may not do it everyday, but we do it enough that it’s noticeable and have to remind ourselves to be grateful.
Like me, if you were to sit down and write out what your priorities are and think about how you spend your free time, you’ll see that they aren’t in the order that you thought they were. When you put things in that perspective, you see what you truly care about, which lays the framework for how you should live your life.