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Gettaway Gal's avatar

As usual, this is so thoughtful and insightful - you would be a wonderful coach for JD Vance, who grew up enduring many of the same circumstances (albeit not the same level of family disruption) and, IMO, would benefit from learning to express the lessons to be learned in this manner - meaning deeply personal but relatable and understandable, especially for those of us who also came from humble backgrounds and now now live among the “elites”.

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Clay Garner's avatar

Rob

Always enjoy your posts.

This one recalls this famous advice . . .

“Stop storing up for yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal. Rather, store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also..’’

Material treasure isn’t dependable. Always passes.

However . . .

“The lamp of the body is the eye. If, then, your eye is focused, your whole body will be bright. But if your eye is envious, your whole body will be dark. If the light that is in you is really darkness, how great that darkness is!’’

Envy wants to destroy what others have. Makes the ‘whole body’ (entire life) dark, miserable.

How great current ‘darkness’ really is!

Thanks

Clay

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