In a cute and interesting way of admitting how he dukes it out daily with his ego, our funny friend said, “You know, I’m not much, but I’m all I think about.”
Laugh every time that crosses my feeble mind. So true of me. What an impressive bundle of ego and selfishness. I’m not much, but I’m all I think about.
Such is the human condition. We are born selfish, waited on hand and foot. Now and then, a minor miracle takes place and some of us get better. At least a little better. Maybe for a time, maybe for a lifetime.
With graduation looming, a good rule for this spring’s class, for any class, for any of us still enrolled in this School of Life, would be the opposite of anything close to a grandiose attitude.
A great graduation gift would be Golden . . . “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” That kind of a deal.
Sounds trite, right? But so do reminders like, “Say please!” and “Wash your hands before dinner” and “Remember to say your prayers.” (When all else fails, call on the classics, right?
Say you’re sorry and mean it. Clean up your own backyard. Keep short accounts with others. “. . . in humility consider others better than yourselves.”
If I were giving the commencement address today — we would both be shocked. All we know for sure is it would be short. Extremely. Any commencement speaker could do worse than offer these four pieces of encouragement. Be kind. Get cleaned up. Spend time with your Creator. Treat others as you wish to be treated.
So pick up the rhythm guitar for a change. Let someone else have the mic. God can work a spotlight. He knows when to put it on you. In the meantime, enjoy his applause for you and his delight in you when you ask, “How can I help make the road less long for someone today?”
Christ really does want to make us a little more like Himself each day and to educate us in the School of Him. Why? Because of what he did to save us from ourselves, to show us the joy in him available when we move away from me-centered hearts and closer to the One who lives for “the least of these.”
Contact Teddy at teddy@latech.edu
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