Saturday, May 13, 2006

Validation


I was just thinking to myself as I was talking to a friend, how often do We/I seek validation.  As I think about it almost everything we do is validated by one person or another. It is almost as if we feel we need someone to watch each of our steps just so that we feel we are making them right.  The market of commercials hinges on this essential conditioned need of humanity.  I do not think within the hierarchy of needs validation was present (I could be wrong).  We seek relationships with significant others just so that we can feel validated as a lover.  Half of the stuff men do is so that they are validated to nobody but themselves that they are in fact a man.  What is funny is that we/I constantly seek this validation from those who’s opinion truly does not matter.  I guess it is not that big a surprise that we forget that God’s validation is the only thing that matters when we live in a world that has built entire cultures that seek validation through their own hierarchy of needs.  I personally forget half of the time who I am truly to be validated by and I loose that perspective and as expected it always does me more harm then good.  The few moments that I can truly say I have sought validation from God are those when I have been the most confident and I believe the most able to do the work he has called me to.  I don’t know this is just a thought.  Let me know what ya think.  
Cj- out

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