It's Not About Me

After class I sometimes talk with one of my fellow classmates. Usually about sociological topics, and then it often turns toward spiritual matters as well. That may be because I can’t see how anything I do, say or think cannot be affected by my faith.

In our latest conversation I said something that actually really impacted me, too. I said, “It’s not about me.” I can’t remember exactly how the conversation went, but we were talking about a lot of different things including humility and giving.

How my statement has impacted me is that I need to lose weight. And I have been struggling with that losing of weight. Part of the issue is that my heel hurts so badly, I can’t walk; therefore, I have not been exercising. But it is also that I keep eating a lot, as though I am getting exercise. And so the statement, “It is not about me,” means that I have to think beyond myself in this. It’s not about me wanting to eat those chips. It’s not about me wanting a pop. It doesn’t matter that I’m craving a french vanilla cappuccino. I need to think about my family. Think about my kids. My husband. My friends. Quite honestly, I don’t think much beyond my kids (sorry, honey). And even then, I most times don’t think beyond my self and my mouth. So now I need to remember:

IT IS NOT ABOUT ME.

US Health Care

Most days I watch CTV late night news on my computer over my lunch break. Today (or last night) the top news story was about changes to US health care. There is a lot of controversy over the changes, with people strongly for or against social health care in the US. One American said something that I wanted to make sure I wrote out.

“It’s not the American Way. We don’t provide things for everybody. We provide for ourselves.”

That just seemed to sum up a lot to me.