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Perhaps it’s something you want so badly, you\u00a0are willing to\u00a0risk everything\u00a0for it? But when you do, you discover, it was only a fantasy.<\/p>\n
Like a thirsty man walking in a hot desert who falsely sees water. He musters every last bit of energy he has and runs toward it, only to discover it was\u00a0a mirage.<\/p>\n
We are like this thirsty man, only that, we are not chasing after water. We are chasing after things, dreams, success, fame, money, power, sex, love, intimacy, you fill in the blank.<\/p>\n
We are all on a pilgrimage sojourning this earth. Each trying to discover who and what they are. Some seek it through religion, others through relationships, or\u00a0careers, etc…<\/p>\n
But the bottomline is this, we are all seeking to fill that insatiable void… with\u00a0things that will never truly satisfy us. It’s only a temporary bandaid\u00a0to a deeper issue.<\/p>\n
We run and chase after things, relationships, sex, whatever. And we somehow convince ourselves that this is the answer or solution\u00a0to our problem. But it isn’t.<\/p>\n
Some\u00a0repeat the cycle, until they finally reach the conclusion they’ve had enough and that none of what they are doing, is actually bringing them any happiness or fulfillment, but pain.<\/p>\n
This chasing isn’t beneficial, and only\u00a0results in more\u00a0loss, disappointment and hurt. When will we\u00a0learn this isn’t the solution? How many mistakes will we need to make in order to stop the cycle and\u00a0arrive at a proper\u00a0conclusion?<\/p>\n
I wish I had the answers, only God knows. I will say this though, every mistake we make is not meant to destroy us, but to teach us a lesson. However, when we keep repeating\u00a0the same mistakes over again, we have to ask ourselves why? We need the courage to dig deep within ourselves and face the truth.<\/p>\n
The way to overcome things in this life is by facing them;\u00a0not by avoiding, escaping or chasing after fantasies. We need to keep it real with ourselves. If something is not right, instead of running from it, pray and ask God to show you the root cause of the issue, so you can break the cycle and heal.<\/p>\n
If not, you will continue to chase after fantasies under the guise of believing it will bring you everything you’ve ever wanted or desired, when in actuality, it will only leave you feeling more empty.<\/p>\n
Have you been chasing fantasies lately?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
What provokes us to look outside of ourselves to fill the void? Is it an unfulfilled longing? An insatiable\u00a0need? Past hurts? Lost dreams? Lack of love or intimacy? What makes us chase after fantasies? Perhaps it’s something you want so badly, you\u00a0are willing to\u00a0risk everything\u00a0for it? But when you do, you discover, it was only […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[10],"tags":[893,894,896,151,895],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ordinaryservant.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3027"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ordinaryservant.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ordinaryservant.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ordinaryservant.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ordinaryservant.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3027"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.ordinaryservant.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3027\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3033,"href":"http:\/\/www.ordinaryservant.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3027\/revisions\/3033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ordinaryservant.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ordinaryservant.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ordinaryservant.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}