Conventional thinking has it that in natural selection survival of the fittest will create the ultimate survivor(and we would like it to be humans lol), and for some people I know that is what they believe. Life is all about a competition with everyone around them. Eugène N. Marcus disagrees, there is no ultimate survivor, or person that rules all, for every tool we gain we lose a tool. Our brain has giving us the ability to do things we never imagined but we depend on one another. Without being taught how to survive and being alone a human would not last very long, unlike other animals where they will know how to live from birth. This tool of working together has many strength's but it also has it's weaknesses. Working together creates a network of trust and dependence on each other, which when broken shows our many weaknesses. C.S. Lewis gives an interpretation of hell as an infinite city of almost empty buildings because no one wants to be neighbors with each other. If we would lose our natural need for each other would we still stay together?
Happiness is not found in toys, I've believed that for awhile but I've had trouble finding where to find happiness. I tried hard to find it by myself but God is the one who had to show me. For me it is far from the TV/computer (which just seem to be time sinks, but they do have there place and I have found they can teach you lots. To use as entertainment they have there place but for me I have to be careful). I find for me I like getting so involved with things that I don't notice the passing of time, eg creating things (even though it can be tearably frustrating and time consuming). I believe God loves releasing peoples spirit so they can find themselves in him.
The divide that binds. We humans are so different. We are as Paul describes in Romans 12:14 "For we have many members in one body, but all the members do not have the same function,"
Dear God we are poor and needy, teach us to live together, teach us how to do the impossible and overcome evil with good(Romans 12:15). Give us more then we need to do your will so that we have no choice :). Bless all your servants and help them learn from you.
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