An Ol' Broad's Ramblings
The Chadcast: The Cult of Me
In this podcast, the subject is selfishness and human nature. What exactly is selfishness?
Chad makes the point that being selfish means putting your needs before God and others. That is very true. I try to put the needs of God and others before the needs of myself. I consider myself a very generous person – I’m always ready to give someone I care about a helping hand, or the shirt off my back. But – BUT – I’ve learned that a little bit of selfishness is okay. That’s called taking care of myself. If I don’t take care of myself, I can’t be the best mother I can be; I can’t be the best wife I can be; and I can’t be the best friend I can be. The point here, my friends, is balance. Taking care of yourself, so you CAN help others. And yes, he touches on that as well.
Another point is the age of electronics. With all the ways we have to communicate these days, are we or are we not ignoring our real relationships? I’m ashamed to say that I am guilty of that. I have a couple of friends who would go to the ends of the earth for me, as I would for them, but I’m embarrassed to say that I haven’t called them in awhile. Well, to be honest, I called one of them today. But that’s because she reached out to me and I was there for her. But weeks shouldn’t go by before I call my best friends. His words made me think about that. Don’t get me wrong – I’ve made some awesome friends as a result of the blogs, Twitter, Facebook, what have you. But those who have been through hell and back with me? I need to get off the damned computer and spend some time with them.
What I took from this podcast is that we need to step back, take a deep breath and consider what is REALLY important in our lives. I know it made me think…I hope it makes you think too.
