The question posed is simple, intriguing and forthright. For a poor person, basic needs such as food, water and shelter are the priority. For the upper middle-class and the rich, their basic needs drastically differ as luxury, wealth and stability. Children and youth have different needs more to satisfy their physical and emotional.
It
is interesting to note that out needs keep changing in different phases of
our life. For example, when young, our body burnt calories due to our robust
metabolism rate but as we near midlife the same food becomes a health hazard.
As a result, our health deteriorates. Added to our woes, we live in a digitally
fast world, which has made us impatient for everything. The urgent need to
fulfil our desires dominate but what we fail to understand is our sense of
urgency will only lead our desires to spin out of control. Hurry creates a
centrifugal dynamic that can suck us away from the vital centre. Hurry can
cause us to feel insecure, unsafe and unstable.
The
tailspin leaves us dizzy making us forget the purpose for which we were created
and where we are headed. I would like to quote an example from the Bible, which
talks about a rich young man who meets Jesus. He asks Jesus of what he
should do to inherit eternal life. Jesus says, "you know the
commandments, do not murder; do not commit adultery; do not steal; do not bear
false witness do not defraud; honor your father and mother.". The
interesting thing is that this young man though being rich and self sufficient,
ardently kept the moral law. Yet he knew something was missing. He lived an
unsatisfied life having questions on God and eternal life. Jesus simply said
sell all that you have and give to the poor. The scripture records he went away
grieving. Our material stability and luxury are not antidotes for our
satisfaction in life.
The
purpose of every human being is to find who the creator is and understand how
to live up to His expectation. Moral creeds and religion do not help. What we
need is to find a Savior for our soul in whom we can find forgiveness from all
our sins and guilt, and at the same time find hope in the matter of life after
death. Jesus claimed, “I am the way the truth and the life..”. And
further added, “The one who believes in the son has eternal life.”. Let
us not take chances in the matter of our life. Let us seek on things which can
satisfy our soul and transform us as a person.
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