Paradox

I have lived much of my life following a path full of loud entertainment, instant gratification, distractions of all sorts, money-power-prestige and self-interest. That life looked good on the surface but underneath it left a feeling of a void, which I then attempted to fill with drugs and alcohol. I finally surrendered and admitted that my life was not working. I began leading a life of love and service to others which resulted in a feeling of fulfillment and the void going away. "To get we must also give, to advance we must also surrender, to gain we must lose, to attain we must resign. From the nature of things life means choice and selection, and every positive choice negates all other possibilities." (Rufus Jones)