I'd have to agree with Gabe on this one. I don't think anyone is advocating think solely of yourself all the time and the h@ll with everyone else. But you should look after yourself. How well do you think religion would work if the people teaching it didn't bother to work on believing themselves before spouting gospel. Do you think the Dalai Lama doesn't think about his own inner peace before telling others about it? I think he probably has spent quite a bit of time on meditation and working on his inner harmony. Then he spreads his words to others. My pastor does the same thing...he selfishly fosters his own relationship with God rather than continuously selflessly spreading the word all the time. I think that is all this is saying. And it applies to relationships. We have to be complete without our spouses, comfortable in our own skin, before we have anything meaningful to offer. Just my thoughts on what this means. Not trying to start an argument.
In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years. Abraham Lincoln
It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. Theodore Roosevelt
