I saw this photo and thought; did
you meet people like this cat? Always wanting to be on the other side of that
door, no matter which side they are on? They always want whatever is there on
the other side, out of reach, out of grasp or out of control. It must be better
working in a different place, living in an another house, driving a different
car, having a different family, etc…..Whatever is behind that door, I want and I
will try and get
The culture of many choices doesn’t
help either, as I do the shopping, I find that there are more than 60 different types of
cheese! I later learn that there are actually 500 types of cheese recognized by
the International Dairy Federation. Come on, it is just CHEESE!
So sometimes we approach
life and relations in the same way as shopping for the best cheese, if it is
not this one, it might be another and surely with all these different
varieties, I must find the one I like! If we look at relations as consumers rather than individuals, we then want the ‘best cut’, ‘the
front of the shelf’, ‘the long expiry date’ and we may also ask to ‘speak to
the manager’ if we are not satisfied with the product. However, I know that
the heart that God gave us was to help, love, support and befriend, rather than
to consume and just consume.
