"Whosoever shall seek to gain his life shall lose it: but whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it." — Luke 17:33
It’s strange how in the moments when you’re overwhelmed with the joy of giving all you have away and truly appreciating the beauty of the world it’s almost as if you meld and fade into your experiences and cease to exist. But in the moments when you loose that connectedness and appreciation, all that energy and potential ends up being rerouted into a miserable pile of self-critical thoughts. And while one might think that sorrow might be some indiction of self sacrifice, it can be more selfish than anything else...