Are You the Source of Your Own Misery?

Have you met the unholy trinity?

Sure you have!

They are always with you 24/7. The unholy trinity is Me, Myself and I.

Have you noticed that people love to talk about themselves? The 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. Seldom have you heard 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 have reduced life to only money, only fame or only power. These things that don’t necessarily make you a better person, or have a full life. 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 unselfish persons.

Life like water, the more you grab it the more it slips away.

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. Ask yourself, "Is the cause of my misery is my own selfishness?"