As I was in bed....

I was laying in bed last night and a sudden pressure sprung upon my heart.

Everyone seems to be so self-involved lately.
Is it bad though?

Being too much would be an issue...but really, we're all so cosily wrapped up in our own lives that we never really practice the art of building relationships. Like when was the last time I spoke to my ex-schoolmate, our leaders, our closest friends, our family? Believe me when I say I'm guilty on this charge as well.

Relationships come and go so easily we take them for granted. It's easy to have so many people around you, shower you with their attention, be there for you when you want them to but have you ever felt that sometimes those relationships are still on icy surface?

What IS really going on with their lives??
"Do I truly want to know?" Should I be interested...?? What's in it for me???
Some ppl might think I'm just nosy...some may think I'm trying to find a fault.... Some may wonder why you are taking a sudden interest in their lives...And some think it might it may put both parties in an awkward position.
Life is too short to make of what ppl think of you. Sincerity is all that matters.

*pokes self*

Someone might just fancy a conversation with YOU/ME when we simply pass them by in search for someone to breathe a meaningless conversation with ourselves - just to look like you are someone. I'm sure we can give more than a grudging smile or handshake. To disregard people is just un-nice!

After about 1 1/2hrs thinking about this in bed, God led me to a scripture:

Ecclesiates 4:1-12
Again I looked ans saw all the oppression that was taking place under the sun.
I saw the tears of the oppressed-and they have no comforter;
power was on the side of their oppressors - and they have no comforter.
And I declared that the dead, who had already died, are happier than the living,
who are still alive.
But better than both is he who has not yet been,
who has not seen the evil that is done under the sun.

And I saw all that labor and all achievement spring from man's envy of his neighbour.
This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.
The fool folds his hands and ruins himself.
Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and chasing after the wind.

Again I saw something meaningless under the sun:
There was a man alone;
her had neither a son nor brother.
There was no end to his toil,
yet his eyes were not content with his wealth.
"For whom am I toiling?," he asked, "and why am I deprieving myself of enjoyment?"
This too is meaningless and miserable business!

Two are better than one, because they have a good return of their work:
If one falls down, his friend can help him up.
But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up!
Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm.
But how can one keep warm alone?
Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves.
The cord of three strands is not quickly broken.

This passage isn't so much a revelation as it is an reminder.
A reminder to stop toiling in gain for selfish desires. HE will provide for all our needs if we submit the little that we have.
A simple reminder that people just need a true friends who will be there for us.