Are You the Source of Your Own Misery?

Have you ever met the unholy trinity? Sure you have! They are always with you 24/7. The unholy trinity is Me, Myself and I.

I have been talking to fairly a lot of people lately. One thing I noticed was the favorite topic of our talk was them. Our conversation mostly revolves on what they have, what they want and what they don’t have. Talking to these people is like entering another world, the “Me, Myself and I” world. To tell you frankly, it’s a very boring world.

There is one word that best describe these people, selfish.

One thing I have observed about selfish people, no matter what they have achieved in life, they still feel deprived of something. They still have lots of things to complain about. They are upset most of the time because things do not go as they want. I still yet to here one of them get upset because people are dying of hunger in Africa. Or children are being abused and abandoned. It is like that they are the only one who has problems in this world.

There is certain irony in selfishness. The more one selfishly acquire the things of the world like money, fame or power, the more their world shrinks. They believe their selfishness will bring them joy, but in reality the root of their misery is their own selfishness. Observe those people who are truly joyful, you will see that they are all unselfish.

God created us in His image and likeness. And God is Love. The love I am talking about is agape or self-donating love. It is the love which Jesus showed us when He was crucified. His love was empty of self.

Now look into your heart. And ask yourself; is my selfishness cause of my misery?