Transcending aging involves seeing beyond this single short life. Is the end close, or is this actually just the beginning? What a difference these two views make.

No two individuals understand life precisely the same way. God seems to like that, actually made it that way; thus we ought not expect or even want another to see everything, actually anything, exactly as we do.

“We were starving, not knowing how we would eat our next meal, then God brought food to our door.” How does God do that?

Too much self contemplation distorts how we see and fit into all of God’s family. There has to be a balance between self and other awareness.

Sticking with the main flow of the river has benefits. The main river flows without obstruction, and anything in its way is strongly and quickly pushed aside. Similarly, being in the center of God’s will is the most trouble-free way to be.