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to give thanks for my 25 years.

Tuesday, July 23, 2019

A Driven Land

Driven to flee to Thailand
So much of my reality here is not led by reason or good sense but driven by people's desire to simply get what they want.  Whether Thai or foreigner, so many around me seem driven by such an intense energy that I would name it as lusting after their wants.  Yes, lust, and I see this in a significant number of people who are part of my Bangkok.

There are those among my western neighbours who lust after booze and sex but the lust I am naming here is about much more and is evidenced in the lives of many more people than just the few lost souls who reach here from western shores.

There are those in both Church and society here who lust after power, wealth, position; who lust after anything and everything, even doing good.  I have always named my Bangkok as an intense place to live.  Now I can understand why.  As for me, I get tired of it all as it is all too much for me.  So I just stand right back.  There is so much about this side of human existence that I do not get.  People are driven for what purpose?

From what I observe, they are never happy, always thrusting full speed ahead.  Then their behaviour can be utterly destructive of good order and easily lead to unplanned and unwanted outcomes.   It can simply destroy the very thing they are aiming for.

This seems such a negative note to finish on but this is not the end for me as all this tells me that being driven speaks of how much we lack vision for life.  Vision is what rightly guides and leads us, not drive us.  We all need a vision.  We need a vision to lead us to the great and good outcomes that can be ours today. 

Vision speaks of leadership.  Being driven speaks of being lost and giving into our compulsions and narrow self-interest.  The people without a vision perish.

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