Currently, our society still values what they see in business and education. They would respond to the above that these two would provide the greater scope in becoming the essential bridge.
From a spiritual perspective, Martin Collins suggests that none of us can achieve spiritual growth without controlling the emotions. Though God has created humans with a mind to work in tandem with the emotional impulses (prompts to action), too many of us have, according to Daniel Goleman in his book "Emotional Intelligence," allowed the amygdala (emotions) to run roughshod over the cerebral cortex (mind), allowing anger (and other negative emotions) to get out of control. God displays anger (as well as other emotions), but always in controlled measured response, unlike the out-of-control childish rage of humans. Using God's Spirit (2 Timothy 1:7) the spirit of a sound mind, we can grow into emotional (not emotionless) spiritual maturity, exercising our senses through God's Law, searching the deep things of God (1 Corinthians 2:10), controlling feelings and passions with the mind of Christ. (1 Corinthians 2:16)
Why is it that so many of us lead mediocre lives, chasing peace of mind, health, money, fame, and spiritual evolution – which seems to be just beyond our reach? We can see it, long to reach it, but somehow we don’t always attain our goals. Why does a long, uncertain ... pause come between what we want and what we have?
Victor Frankl, author of Man’s Search for Meaning, and survivor of the Holocaust said, “The one thing you can’t take away from me is the way I choose to respond to what you do to me. The last of one’s freedoms is to choose one’s attitude in any given circumstance. ” Even before we understand the various roadblocks we face between wanting and having and ways to bulldoze through them, we need to realize that the first step is to choose a positive state of mind, irrespective of the current situation in life. Only then will we even begin to bridge the gap between the two posts. I have to cross the bridge between wanting and having. Either I can do so hopefully and happily, or I can do so depressed and dejected. So why not choose the gladder option?
There is a saying that we are told not to cross a bridge until we come to it, but this world is owned by individuals who have crossed bridges far ahead of the crowd.
So let's cross this chasm between our own frailties and the peace of God that passes all understanding with the value that God has designed us with the desire to know and the thrill of feeling.
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