9/07/2008

McCain's Speach Had One Part...

Posted by Jason

I loosely watched the national conventions the past few weeks, and towards the end of his speech, McCain said something that really stood out from the normal rhetoric.

"If you find faults with our country, make it a better one. If you're disappointed with the mistakes of government, join its ranks and work to correct them. Enlist in our armed forces. Become a teacher. Enter the ministry. Run for public office. Feed a hungry child. Teach an illiterate adult to read. Comfort the afflicted. Defend the rights of the oppressed. Our country will be the better, and you will be the happier. Because nothing brings greater happiness in life than to serve a cause greater than yourself."

How true this is, not only with our country, but with our schools, our churches, our jobs, and everything that we are a part of in our lives. We are not meant to be self-consumed. We are meant to live for things greater than ourselves.

1 comments:

Tim Gabbard said...

Dude great post, I struggle with this all the time. It's hard to realize everything is not about me. I'm working on it.