One Solitary (& Productive) Life

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As Christmas approaches, it's a great time to pause and reflect on the meaning of life.  From my family to yours, I offer one simple meditation.

Here is a man who was born in an obscure village, the child of a peasant woman. He grew up in another obscure village. He worked in a carpenter shop until He was thirty, and then for three years He was an itinerant preacher. He never wrote a book. He never held an office.

He never owned a home. He never set foot inside a big city. He never traveled two hundred miles from the place where He was born. He had no credentials but Himself.

While still a young man, the tide of popular opinion turned against Him. His friends ran away. One of them denied Him. He was turned over to His enemies. He went through the mockery of a trial. He was nailed upon a cross between two thieves.

His executioners gambled for the only piece of property He had on earth while He was dying -- and that was His coat. When He was dead, He was taken down and laid in a borrowed grave through the pity of a friend.

Nineteen wide centuries have come and gone and today He is the centerpiece of the human race and the leader of progress. I am far within the mark when I say that all the armies that ever marched, and all the navies that ever were built, and all the parliaments that ever sat, and all the kings that ever reigned, put together have not affected the life of man upon this earth as powerfully as that One Solitary Life.

by James A. Francis

 

Comments

[Alternative Medicine Zone]

Insightful article by James A. Francis and thank you for sharing.

As we all know that meditation always helps us and Guided meditation will be helpful for us if we are not experienced with meditation. If we have no experience with meditation, then our mind will not be in the proper state for meditating. In this situation, it is very helpful.

Guided meditation will be helpful for reaching our mind towards the desired state quickly and easily.

[Timothy]

Hi, my name is Timothy Tang and I have just completed the book, "Real answers to The Meaning of Life and finding Happiness".

Many people feel that the interpretation to The Meaning of Life question is too subjective to have any definite objective answer but I have managed to formulate a real and objective answer based on facts to the ultimate question of human existence.

The book also sheds light on a new understanding of emotions such as Anger, Desire, Fear, Guilt, Temptation and Love.

I have made a blog that introduces the book. Do check it out.

http://ultimatemeaningoflife.blogspot.com

[Mike St. Pierre]

Timothy,
Thank you for your post. I've checked out your blog and enjoy it. I'd be happy to write a review of your book if you'd like. Just send me an email and we can arrange for mailing, etc.

Peace, Mike