just finished the third pincoya track, on this bright and beautiful sunday afternoon. it will be up soon, and it will own you. it's called "the monk's psalm."
i have been thinking about material success lately. this is partially due to my switching jobs as of next sunday, and partially due to the fact that i have one pair of jeans left without any huge holes in them. it seems like people my age (18-30) are defining themselves less and less in the manner that their parents defined themselves (in socio-economic terms) and more in other ways (culturally and relationally).
the point being that i'm not going to be on my deathbed wishing i'd bought an iphone or had a six figure salary. i'm going to wish i'd had better relationships and brought some interesting ideas and feelings into the lives of others. if i regret anything (and hopefully i won't), i'm going to wish i had created more and loved more.
in summation, i don't buy into the idea of "settling down." i think we owe more to this world and to our God. i'm not in this world to make benjamins, i'm in it to love. dig?
i have been thinking about material success lately. this is partially due to my switching jobs as of next sunday, and partially due to the fact that i have one pair of jeans left without any huge holes in them. it seems like people my age (18-30) are defining themselves less and less in the manner that their parents defined themselves (in socio-economic terms) and more in other ways (culturally and relationally).
the point being that i'm not going to be on my deathbed wishing i'd bought an iphone or had a six figure salary. i'm going to wish i'd had better relationships and brought some interesting ideas and feelings into the lives of others. if i regret anything (and hopefully i won't), i'm going to wish i had created more and loved more.
in summation, i don't buy into the idea of "settling down." i think we owe more to this world and to our God. i'm not in this world to make benjamins, i'm in it to love. dig?
4 comments:
I think that ultimately no one sets out to be money hungry. and it's easy to be content with not much when all you have to worry about is yourself. Providing for others makes it a bit more complicated. I see your generation just as selfish and materialistic as any other, but with a bit more of a sense of entitlement. Can you really say that you aren't into making money, when you have never had to really make any money? Having said all that, I hear you. I do. I don't want my consumptions to rule me. I try. I think nature is the greatest counter to human greed. I try and stand around trees and rocks and moss and ferns as much as possible.
i agree for the most part, but it's a definite struggle to balance between making a life that is about giving, and providing for your own. this mainly relates to having kids, but even having older parents puts a financial burden on you that's hard to shake.
then you fight becoming another "adult tamed by duty"
or...
ba ba... this is the sound of settling.
See, but isn't that partially also the thing? How many churches in the world make it on next to nothing, yet we think that we have to have socially accepted professions in order to support ourselves.. then we'll work on that will of God thing.
It's a hard mentality to break, but its essentially ass-backwards. Anything we have or could have can be given or taken at will. Granted, it often doesn't seem to work that way, and it doesn't mean we'll get manna from heaven anytime soon.
But the point is that there are callings that transcend monetary well-being, and in this sense perhaps God is the ultimate communist. You have nothing to lose but the chains of material responsibility for yourself.
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