The Dumbest Philosophy In The World
"What is most desirable in a human being is love” (Proverbs 19:22)
The dumbest philosophy in the world is the idea that we’re sent into this world to make a lot of money, accumulate a lot of stuff and retire in style. It's a belief that's certain to end in dissatisfaction and disaster, yet it permeates and drives our culture.
No, love is what we're all about. Jewish exegete Rashi said that this proverb (19;22) tells us that love is what marks a man as a man. If we’re not learning to love God and our neighbor—a virtue that takes an entire lifetime to learn—no matter what else we may accomplish, we will have missed the purpose for which we were created and wasted our entire lives. ”We will have made all A's but flunked life,” educator and philosopher Walker Percy said.
Love is an exotic. It doesn't occur naturally in human nature. Only God is love. We have to get it from him. Love can come from us, but only as it first comes from him. We love because he first loved us. ”Grace perfects nature,” Saint Thomas said, and that goes for human nature as well.
So, stay close to God all day and keep asking him to pour his love into your heart so you can pour it out to others (Romans 5:5). The end is peace and joy.
BTW: Love is something you can do even when you’re very, very old.
David Roper
4.20.19
