‘What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?’ (Reflection #7)

Men were given by God a chance to live a good life, so those who will work hard will truly have more of life than those who are not. We are being blessed with good hands and minds and use the way He wanted us to do. But man’s nature is very ambitious. We are not contented to things that within our reach and within God’s providence. We want to have it all for we know that when you have all, the world will give its very eyes on you. We are sometimes greedy of the things the world can offer –wealth, fame, wonderful career and all that, without realizing that our minds and even our hearts can no longer recognize others welfare. We are sometimes enjoying much of the pleasure the world offers, forgetting that we have souls to be fed with spiritual thoughts to keep our limits.

            Most ambitious beings were driven by selfishness. For instance, an entertainer who would love being at the height of success will do anything just to have it. There are cases, which might be true to some personalities, offering their souls to darkness in order to live the way they wanted and be applauded with millions of hands. They are happy to be recognized by the world as a great performer who could fully satisfy the needs of the audience. Another thing also is there are people who will take life to solely own everything. As what we can observe today, even members of the family will hurt each other just to have what they believe they owned. Simply, man is more attracted to the alluring offer of the world than to what is really more essential to our life—the spiritual aspect.

            “What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul”, is a merit to forming our personal values for it teaches us that what the world offer is not accountable to save our souls. In this way, we will understand that there is more of life and it is more profitable to have a dignified and valued life than having all those secular things that loses our very soul. We need to flourish our soul with goodness for it is the only way where fulfillment and true happiness comes. Materials things cannot give us perfect happiness, but our happy soul can.