Which Comes First?
Wednesday, February 07, 1996
I continue to play the self-sacrificing saint all too often.
The thing I wish I was doing and still am not, is actually working on my art!
I read a quote recently that speaks to a tendency to place material security in front of practice. Reality, however, is reversed. First comes practice, then the ordering of affairs to achieve financial and other goals. This calls to mind Jesus' wisdom, "Seek first the kingdom of God and all else will be added to you."
I think that this is probably true. If we had waited to enroll in seminary, for instance, until all the finances were in place, we might never have gone. The flip side was that we lived in poverty.
Even now, with a fair amount of savings in RRSP's, I wonder when enough will be enough? When to risk leaving paid employment?
I should be working on my art.
The thing I wish I was doing and still am not, is actually working on my art!
I read a quote recently that speaks to a tendency to place material security in front of practice. Reality, however, is reversed. First comes practice, then the ordering of affairs to achieve financial and other goals. This calls to mind Jesus' wisdom, "Seek first the kingdom of God and all else will be added to you."
I think that this is probably true. If we had waited to enroll in seminary, for instance, until all the finances were in place, we might never have gone. The flip side was that we lived in poverty.
Even now, with a fair amount of savings in RRSP's, I wonder when enough will be enough? When to risk leaving paid employment?
I should be working on my art.
