Let's talk about what my highest and best good is, what it means, and how it changes depending on where you are.
Life is not simple. We all experience trials and hardships that are made for us to help us grow. The suffering from those trials is what is optional. It is okay to be sad or grieve, but what you don't need is to focus on other peoples' part in your trials and to wallow in sadness. Find forgiveness in your situation and find someone to work through it with.
I am an empathic person and I have to be careful about what I intake. The news about Afghanistan, worrying if my son is going to be deployed, politics, all of it weighs heavily on me. I even have to be careful what movies and books I take in because I feel everything so much.
These feelings came to a head when I was staying at my dad's place in Arizona. They have had so much rain that the pasture the horses are in was waterlogged and one of the horses had a hoof that didn't look great. I decided to put them in the stalls out of the wetness and filled their water trough. No matter what, Rosie didn't want to drink. She wanted the water out in the pasture.
I realized that God was saying to me "I still have water for you." I wasn't willing to let go of my suffering and go in a new direction. It is not in my highest, best good to ignore what God is telling me. I urge you all to look at your life and your day-to-day choices in the same way. Ask yourself "is this serving my highest good?"
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