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Eyenstyn

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I have a problem with being the best i can be at studying, my career or anything. The reason is that i think i neglect my fellow man or people that are suffering and i think it maybe guilt that i have an oppurtunity to improve my life while a homeless man does not have as much of an opputrunity. Jesus always talks about the poor and entering the kingdom of heaven and He seems to not like people succeeding in improving themselves but rather improving other people. He always says love thy neighbour and what exactly does that mean? Do i have to look after my neighbour, do whatever they want, obey my neighbours wishes, put my intrests last? It doesnt sound fair to me but that is what i am lead to believe He is saying, especialy in Luke when he told the story of the good samiritan who helped a person on the side of the road while 2 other people passed him by. If i wanted i could spend everyday learning new things and constantly living life to the full but if i am not living for other people then all of these things are selfish. That leads me to the question what is selfishness? Of course its easy to believe every human is selfish but i was reading Macbeth and there were study notes at the back of the book, they said that in John Miltons poem Paradise Lost, he took satan and compared it to macbeth. Macbeth wanted to be king and great but used evil to get what he wanted but his consciousness did not let him go and we see that he is still human by feeling sorry for what he did but he still goes on to kill more people but temptation and security was his top priority. I had to relate to macbeth but then how can i of he is related to the devil in John Miltons poem? Please someone tell me that its ok to learn how to drive, be responsible for my own life and not care what other people think. Help!
 

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Eyenstyn said:
Please someone tell me that its ok to learn how to drive, be responsible for my own life and not care what other people think. Help!

It's ok to learn how to drive, be responsible for your own life and not care what other people think.

Be true to yourself, Eyenstyn. You can't fake love. It has to be real. If being unselfish is not coming to you naturally, then just be who you are and trust that God will guide you to where he wants you to be. Relax. Worry less and be less anxious about life. It's all in God's hands. He will get you there if you trust in Him. In the meantime, be yourself.
 
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Mustaphile said:
You can't fake love... be who you are and trust that God will guide you to where he wants you to be. Relax. Worry less and be less anxious about life. It's all in God's hands. He will get you there if you trust in Him. In the meantime, be yourself.

Amen! Good advice!! God bless you for your spirit of wanting to help others, having that inside you, (though it may not be healthy the way you're living with it now, like a burden)just that tendency to think of others first is really wonderful... Live your life and let God bring people into your life as HE sees fit to show you what work He has for you... that'd be my advice.
 
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Your conscience is weighed down with a sense of guilt and your soul needs to be freed from the guilt and sorrow that is crushing the life forces.

Our Saviour's words, "Come unto Me, . . . and I will give you rest" (Matthew 11:28), are a prescription for the healing of physical, mental, and spiritual ills

Be advised that Satan has devices prepared for every soul, that all may be ensnared and separated from God. He seeks to accuse and condemn God and all who strive to carry out His purposes in this world in mercy and love, in compassion and forgiveness. Satan seeks to draw our minds away from the mighty Helper, to lead us to ponder over our weaknesses.

Peace comes with dependence on divine power. God's children are not to be subject to feelings and emotions. They fluctuate between hope and fear. God wants His children to be established, strengthened, and settled in the most holy faith. The feeling of guiltiness must be laid at the foot of the cross, or it will poison the springs of life.
 
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