citizen of the whole

I'm seeing life increasingly through a lens of my contribution toward goodness, life, and grace and then my efforts that take away from these things. I'm only one life, just like any of us. And I want my life to be given toward positive contributions of the whole. That's the way of Jesus of Nazareth, whom I'm patterning my life after. So it seems to me that being a citizen of the whole is a choice that you can't assume. And it's the path I've chosen to follow.

Monday, November 07, 2005

Adventurous Redefined

In a recent issue of Time Magazine U2's Bono writes a piece on poverty and disease. He likens the adventurous spirit of America to the world's need to pull together for the greater good. America has in its DNA an adventurous restlessness. It's what led us to send men to the moon a generation ago. I love what Bono just did. We went to the moon for advancment, competition, for legacy, and yes for adventure. It's a worthwhile endeavor to consider what we'll do in a spirit of adventure driven for the good of the world; for the sake of a mission greater than each of us as individuals. We're meant for so much more than settling for fill in the blank. Those who would dare to follow the way of Jesus, especially, are to be about causes greater than our own well being. As Buzz Lightyear would say, "To Infinity and Beyond..."

http://www.time.com/time/archive/preview/0,10987,1124333,00.html
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