Cheap Gas
Back in Florida, I went to church with my son and his wife. The preacher at this church was very very good. Why do I think so? Because what he said has stuck with me all this time. Here is what he said:
Be careful how you fill your time. Be careful about the thoughts you think, the books you read, the programs your watch.
Bad thoughts are like cheap gas – if you put cheap gas in your car, your car won’t perform up to it’s full potential.
I totally get what he is saying – I think about the time I spend on worthless things, things that won’t matter two instants when this life is over, things I will regret having wasted any energy on.
Think about how we get so obsessed with small insults, unintended slights, even intentional wrongs done to us by others. Think about how we worry about money, about our possessions, about possessions we would like to have, how we envy others or try to find ways to make them envy us.
Think how little they matter in the long run, and yet we obsess, we give these people, things and events power over us by thinking about them too much, when we should be moving on, doing what we were created to be doing, living up to our best selves, the selves our creator had in mind when he fashioned us into being.
I want the high octane fuel in my machine, but somehow, the low octane creeps in, and I keep having to flush it out.
And another thought creeps in – this preacher has never lived in Kuwait or Doha, where all gas is CHEAP! In Germany, I paid almost $5 a gallon for gas, so every time I fill my tank here, I smile.
But what is the quality of the gas we get in Kuwait? What am I putting in my car? I don’t even know!
And would it make a difference if I did know? If the gas we are putting in our car isn’t good quality, is there anyplace we would go to put in a better quality of gas – isn’t all gas in Kuwait from the same source?
Random musings . . . .
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Interesting thoughts really…I wonder what sort of gas I’ve got? Let’s not get into details..I think I better run to the lil boy’s room. 😛
Anyway, guess what??
Mouse now has a adopted sister!! We bought a cute little kitten from a lady yesterday..named her Gabby as in Gabriella. 🙂
So far they’re quite tense, but this morning she purred up to that big ‘ol brute.
Mouse seems to need to fix his other eye..
Will post pix as soon as possible on my blog! 😉
Woooo Hoooo, WOOOOO HOOOOO, R, a sister for Mouse! Oh wow! They do so much better with a companion (although with all the drama at the beginning, it’s hard to believe it!) I hope you will keep your sweet babies inside.
Our Qatteri Cat wants to go outside SO BAD. And it’s just a dangerous world for a cat roaming around here. Pity, but they are lucky to have good homes, aren’t they?
MAAAABBBRRROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOK!
I have to agree with the preacher here (go figure!) we take nothing from our lives, might as well focus on the things, and people, that really do matter.
Sometimes we tend to over-complicate our world, while in fact it is very simple. Breaking out of this vicious cycle is what we really need to learn how to do.
I do get what he meant!! I think he put it really nicely to words! But what if the cheap gas is not a bad one?? The cars ran perfect in Kuwait where the gas was so cheap but I’m also sure it was best quality! So if he has lived in Kuwait he wouldn’t have used that example, I think! 😉
Kinan – I agree, and sometimes I despair at my own addiction to cheap gas.
Noracassandra – I agree, his topic doesn’t make sense in the gulf, where good quality gas IS cheap, but in 98% of the world, it makes sense. What does gasoline cost in Cyprus?