THE BACHELORHOOD according to Melwyn

Height of Laziness

An old mountaineer and his wife were sitting in front of the fireplace one evening taking life easy.

After a long silence, the wife said: "Jed, I think it's raining. Why don't you get up and go outside and see?"

The old mountaineer continued to gaze into the fire for a while, sighed and then said, "Aw, Ma, why don't we just call in the dog and see if he's wet."

That's what you call the height of laziness. And I wouldn't want to say that we are downright lazy, but we all have a lazy streak in us.

And laziness is a faith killer.

THE BACHELORHOOD according to Melwyn

SEEING LENSES

The lenses that we tend to wear

Blur and mislead our vision

And even though we pass on the blame

We know we commit sin

You probably have done this experiment. Try wearing a convex or tinted lens and then take a look around. Everything appears distorted and different.  Yet it’s bound to happen that you will slowly adjust to the lens and manage to see beyond the distortion that is being created. Because you do know that this is not reality.

Now imagine if you had been wearing this from the beginning. Your view of the world is warped and unreal. Our mind works in a similar fashion and produces a world of illusions. We think of ourselves as good and unblemished even when we are ridden with guilt and then we manage to do some scapegoating.

Blaming things on your environment, upbringing, or influences is simply wearing lenses that prevent you from seeing your own self-centeredness and revolt. Be aware of your misgivings and faults and correct your vision through knowledge of yourself and your true inner voice. 

Power of the Mind

Do you know Harry Houdini?

Harry Houdini, the famed escape artist issued a challenge wherever he went. 
He could be locked in any jail cell in the country, he claimed, and set himself free quickly and easily.

Always he kept his promise, but one time something went wrong.

Houdini entered the jail in his street clothes; the heavy, metal doors clanged shut behind him. He took from his belt a concealed piece of metal, strong and flexible. He set to work immediately, but something seemed to be unusual about this lock. For 30 minutes he worked and got nowhere.
An hour passed, and still he had not opened the door. By now he was bathed in sweat and panting in exasperation, but he still could not pick the lock. Finally, after laboring for 2 hours, Harry Houdini collapsed in frustration and failure against the door he could not unlock.

But when he fell against the door, it swung open! It had never been locked at all! But in his mind it was locked and that was all it took to keep him from opening the door and walking out of the jail cell.

That's how powerful your God-given mind is.

THE BACHELORHOOD according to Melwyn

THE BACHELORHOOD according to Melwyn