dailydatewithgod

We are all aware to some degree the standard or accepted way of viewing things.  It is the unwritten cultural agreements that we are born into and adopt without much thought.  It is only when we encounter other groups or cultures who see things and behave differently when presented with the same situation.  My father would refer to it by the toothpaste argument.  He said that when a man and woman get married and are living together for the first time they find themselves arguing over the right way to squeeze the toothpaste (from the bottom, or any place on the tube).  I came across similar situations with my first set of roommates when we realized we all had different ways of indicating what was our food versus communal food. I thought I was going to have to start looking for a new place to live given the level of upset on her face. Similarly, we have a cultural agreement on what is considered an achievement. It usually looks like stuff in American culture.  Whether that stuff is a job title, letters after your name, admission to a particular university, a car, and so on.  It is measured by the outer ways indicating one has arrived.  Arrived at what I am not always sure because right behind it is another layer of achievement one is expected to meet.  God invites us to look into what achievement means as it reflects the truth of who we are at our core.  It is not about devaluing the outside view of achievement but equally valuing our internal sense of achievement.  A level of achievement that can be reflected in a given moment and does not need many years to get to.  A level of achievement signifying a growth layer for ourselves that others may not understand. A level of achievement that makes space for the fact that who we are at this moment allows for a different level of achievement then who we were yesterday or when in a different moment.