Do you ever find
yourself wishing you could trade places with someone else? It is easy sometimes
to look out on the lives of others and declare: "Well sure I could do what they
do if I had what they have." With such beliefs, envy and jealously soon creep
into our lives. We become bitter and believe that the inequity of life is some
kind of cosmic cruelty toward us.
At other times we
count our blessings on the troubles of others. We say; "Life is not all I want
it to be but at least I'm not having the problems of some others I know." With
this approach we often become fatalistic. We wonder when will it be our turn to
experience misery and suffering.
The bottom line is
that we cannot live someone else's life. This is why Jesus taught us not to
judge others (Matthew 7: 1-5) and to "Seek first the Kingdom of God." (Matthew
6:33). We must be faithful to the course that God has charted for us.
When Albert Einstein
was making the rounds of the speaker's circuit, he usually found himself eagerly
longing to get back to his laboratory work. One night, while driving to yet
another dinner, Einstein mentioned to his chauffeur (a man who somewhat
resembled Einstein in looks and manner) that he was tired of
speechmaking.
"I have an idea, boss," his chauffeur said. "I've heard you give this speech so many times, I'll bet I could give it for you."
Einstein laughed loudly and said, "Why not? Let's do it!"
When they arrived at the dinner, Einstein donned the chauffeur's cap and jacket and sat in the back of the room. The chauffeur gave a beautiful rendition of Einstein's speech and even answered a few questions expertly.
Then a supremely pompous professor asked an extremely esoteric question about antimatter formation, digressing here and there to let everyone in the audience know that he was nobody's fool.
Without missing a beat, the chauffeur fixed the professor with a steely stare and said, "Sir, the answer to that question is so simple that I will let my chauffeur, who is sitting in the back, answer it for me."
"I have an idea, boss," his chauffeur said. "I've heard you give this speech so many times, I'll bet I could give it for you."
Einstein laughed loudly and said, "Why not? Let's do it!"
When they arrived at the dinner, Einstein donned the chauffeur's cap and jacket and sat in the back of the room. The chauffeur gave a beautiful rendition of Einstein's speech and even answered a few questions expertly.
Then a supremely pompous professor asked an extremely esoteric question about antimatter formation, digressing here and there to let everyone in the audience know that he was nobody's fool.
Without missing a beat, the chauffeur fixed the professor with a steely stare and said, "Sir, the answer to that question is so simple that I will let my chauffeur, who is sitting in the back, answer it for me."
Who's life are you
trying to live this week?
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