Bigger than self

    So many times while I'm in prayer I ask God to help me do the right thing. Honestly, I've often wonder exactly what I was asking of him. Does that mean help me not to tell a fib, that little white lie that sometimes can just slip right out of my mouth. When we don't share the whole truth, does that mean we aren't being completely honest?
    Then, there again when I ask God to help me be a better person am I asking him to help me have more money so that I can in turn share it more freely with those in need?
     If I want to be a better person does that require that I ask God to make me become and stay friendlier with all persons I come in contact with, always remembering the art of forgiveness.
    Most of the time I truly don't know how to be a better person, so I ask God for his help. When I sit back and think about who I am and how I behave daily the answers I seek reveal themselves to me.
    Being better for me simply means thinking of others' before myself. Understanding that giving is the art of self sacrifice. Which means learning how to give from the resources I have and not thinking about the replacement of what I've given.
    Knowing that every smile is worth more than a millions dollars and being kind is a simple task from the heart.
    Loving is not easy, if it was the world could live in peace. It takes work, patience, endurance and lots of understanding, all of these things God has for each of us.
    This life we all live is so short, so small and doing the right is always bigger than self.
    What we do today will shape our tomorrow, lay way for our future and become how we are known by all that come in contact with us.
    Wouldn't it be awesome if all of us, each person alive could be bigger than ourselves, doing the right thing which is acting with love and kindness, everyday that we are blessed to be here.
    Here today, gone tomorrow, always with God's love at the helm guiding us forward to our eternity.
    Have faith, it's all good. 
Be blessed.
CJ