It's Not Spongy

Ok, so here's the new blog. I'm writing it, but I haven't decided what it's about yet, so bear with me for just a minute. That's a pretty cool phrase, "bear with me". I guess it means to help me carry this thing I'm carrying for a minute. I don't really know how that applies to you waiting on me to figure out what I'm writing about, but I guess idioms don't really have to make sense, do they.

You know what's cool. I don't ever have to accomplish anything, and I'll still be fine. That's my new thing right now. My mantra for the month is "Obedience Equals Success". All I have to do is do what I'm supposed to when and where I'm supposed to do it and then I'm successful. God does the rest. Can I make you do what's right? No, I can't. I can only control myself. So, I do what He tells me to do and the results are up to Him.

I went to an estate auction the other day with my father-in-law and brother-in-law. It was kind of sad. There was all of this junk that this couple had collected over their lives. There were blankets and dolls and tools and candy dishes and the junk that life accumulates. All of these things that were precious to this couple: The blankets they snuggled under, the dishes that they used when company came, the toys that they bought for their children. All of these precious artifcats that were being auctioned to the highest bidder (who didn't bid that high). Their entire life was being dispensed among junk collectors. Everything they were and everything they had acquired was gone. It kind of makes me understand why some Kings buried their servants with them when they died. The people they loved could never be valued by other masters as much as they valued them. Ok, so burying people alive is a bit extreme, but you get my drift.

So what do these have things have to do with each other. Everything that I acheive on Earth will one day be boxed up and auctioned off (if not burned). So, I am trying to do what I'm supposed to do and not worry about everything else. Enjoy your money while you have it, because one day it won't be worth anything. Don't work yourself to death, you're going to die anyway so why do it yourself. Spend time with the ones you love, they may not love you tomorrow. This sounds like a load of trite crap, but I'm serious. You can't even make yourself taller or change the color of your hair, how can you possibly cause the forces of the world to bend to your will. Relax, Obey, and go to Disney World.