Why Selflessness?

Do you ever look at the broken world and wonder how on earth it got like that? Well I think the simplest overall answers is selfishness. I mean look at us. We are about as selfish as we can get. We are all trying to force their own agendas on each other. Trying to live out their dream no matter what it costs others. All selfishness. We are the people whose children cry because they can't have the latest iPhone. So how do we get from selfishness and ruin to selflessness? The answers is simple... but getting there is going to be hard. So the answer lies in living for another. Once you start living for someone besides yourself it becomes much easier to become selfless. And we are all called to live for Christ. Really, selfishness is behind it all. Lurking behind the scenes unseen. Now don't get me wrong, of course you should be able to try to live the life you dream of. But it must be FOR HIS GLORY. For God. If we are wanting something for ourselves that does not glorify God and hurts others we are being selfish. If we want something for ourselves that glorifies God and that will help us and others along the road to Heaven then go for it! That's not selfishness! But here's the problem. So many people live their selfish lives because they think that getting whatever they want is the only thing that can make them happy. They live by the saying "you only live once" so they do whatever brings them pleasure thinking it will bring them happiness. But guess what, as the selfishness factor has gone up so has the depression factor. Depression has skyrocketed. And that is because pleasure and earthy things can't bring you happiness, and people in our world are so eager to prove that God doesn't exist so they can feel justified in living whatever life they want. They miss out on what it means to be happy. So a few years ago I was in a debate class and we were debating on what brings true happiness. Each group was trying to come up with the best definition of happiness. And after we had all said aloud our group though we agreed that the definition of happiness is loving and serving God in all things. So what will bring true happiness is living out God's will. And if we live out God's will we are living for God not ourselves. And if we are living completely for God not ourselves we can easily be selfless. Now I know this idea is extremely unattractive and attractive at the same time. Living completely for God sounds great right?! But suffering for it doesn't. But here's the thing...most people today live naturally until between the ages of 80 and 100. Now let's look at eternity. 90 years is an incredibly, indescribably small fraction of eternity. And those years of suffering lead to an ETERNITY of Heaven. If you really try to live your life for Him, God will NEVER EVER let it go unrewarded. Ever. So I want you all to create some sort of challenge for yourselves. Look through your life and find the weaknesses that are holding you back from this selflessness. Then try to fix ONE AT A TIME! If you try do more you are honestly not going to get much of anywhere. So take those little steps daily towards selflessness and find God within those steps. For His Glory, -Kateri

Mother teresa : the face of selflessness