Whatever You Do....

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An ungrateful man is like a hog under a tree eating acorns, but never looking up to see where they come from.

Timothy Dexter


Sometimes it’s hard to take it when you have been giving much effort and time to help out someone and still he/she is being ungrateful for the trouble. Yes, there is a good virtue in having the attitude of never expecting something in return on the good deeds you’ve done. Yet, I felt sorry for someone who seldom looks back on the one who’s done him/her a favour because he/she is too preoccupied on how he/she indulges his/her selfish motives. This reminds me a scene in a Rocky V, when retired Rocky disappointedly stared at his protégé who has been caught by too much ego which made him wanting to beat Rocky in a match. You never know what comes up with the human minds and intentions. You were exactly sure in a moment that he deserves your attention. Yet the next moment the wind blows and his attitude is tarnished. Nothing is really certain except God’s love. And the logical thing to do is really to put all your effort to what is certain. You can do all things and deal with uncertainty and dedicate your deeds to the one that is certain. Now the verse in Colossians suddenly makes more sense. Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not men.

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