What are we?

Who am I compared to Jesus? What are my pursuits, power, excellence or stature compared to His? I fix my eyes on Him; and realise that I become smaller, and smaller. Yes, He wants me to rise above mediocrity, however, my focus needs to be on living a life which pleases Him. That would be a life in which goodness is epitomised. For when all is said and done, does it matter what people will remember me for? They will also return to dust and ashes... In eternity, it is God who reigns, and thus it is only between me and Him.

To think that once upon a time, all He wanted was for us to behold love and joy in a plentiful garden. Why can't we reflect on the simplicity of that plan sometimes? I feel that it would make life a lot less complicated.

' "Look at the joy of this man," says Fisher. "He has just won the most important thing in his life: the opportunity to pass along his DNA." '
-Anthropologist Helen Fisher, on the scene of a joyous newlywed couple.