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Well said! And quite timely for me for two reasons.
Firstly, I’m not saying I’ve “achieved” but this year I’ve done a lot of cutting “good” out of my life, to focus on at least “better” even if they are not “best”. I’ve stepped down from roles, withdrawn from online communities and been spending a lot more time being “busy at home” instead of “sometimes at home”.
The second reason is we’re coming to the end of the year. I always find it a helpful time to sit and review the past year and plan for the next year. your thoughts will help me to focus on what might be <em>best<em> for our family in the coming year and not just a pile of things that are good.
Thanks Paul. It reminds me again of the importance of committed and brutally honest Christian friends who will help us to work out the specifics.
I suppose some distinctions between “the good” and “the best” will be fairly easy to make. But for the most part I think this is going to be a tricky and dangerous exercise to do alone. We may think we are giving up what is good to concentrate on what is best. But our hearts are deceitful above all things and our motives run very deep.
What’s needed here is great wisdom, which is seldom present without the help of others. We need friends to help with the analysis. It’s probably safest to assume that we will always analyse our own circumstances subjectively and sinfully.
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