I just finished taking shower at a camp. Oh my goodness. What an experience I had!
I don't necessarily like cold thing in general, especially cold shower.
But this camp shower, oh my goodness, is pretty cold. I had no choice anyway because I really needed to take shower, and this is the only shower available at this moment.
I exercised a little bit to get myself ready to jump in. And as I jumped myself into the shower, the word came out of my mouth, "Thank God!"
Then I realized, "Oh my goodness, that's right. I have to thank God." Then I started talking to God. "Thank you, God, I have a shower!--think about it, there are so many people who don't even have a luxury of taking shower; so many people who don't even have access to water itself; think of those who don't even have a security to live; those who suffer from diseases; And those people means my brothers and sisters in the same human family. Oh, my goodness. How can I so easily forget those brothers and sisters and live just by myself? I realized still there is amazing selfishness dwelling inside of me. I say with my mouth, "my brothers and sisters" but what about my real feeling in my heart? Then again, "Thank you, God, for letting me realize my still existing deep selfishness." If I am receiving something which many of my brothers and sisters are not receiving, how should I think about this? I am indebted to them. God is giving me these things for some reason. I need to take more responsibility from where I am to contribute to the cause of changing this world so that those brothers and sisters could welcome a day of liberation as soon as possible...
My conversation with God continued; shower didn't get warmer.
And look! Now my body is getting used to this water temperature, and I didn't feel initial challenge anymore. Thank God for creating my body like this. So amazing body's ability to adjust to the situation, it is so well made.
Then, look! when I finally finished shower, it was so warm! So nice feeling of warmth. I said, "Thank you God for this warmth!" Then I thought, "There are people in this world who cannot access this kind of warmth. How much I'm indebted to them. How much I need to work hard to bring them liberation."
Yes, everything passes. When you are in the midst of taking cold water, it is challenging, in a way. But it will not last forever. It will not even last more than 10 minutes. But, what I'm saying is not just persevere and wait for spring to come, but try to find God in the midst, and we should not miss that precious moment of having personal conversation with God, which we could never possibly do in the warm shower.
What I'm saying is that every moment is passing, that's why every moment is so precious. Every moment is a precious chance to use my creativity (creative nature) to literally create my memory with God, in other words, to create my true substantial self which exists forever.
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