Magnets in our hearts attracting friends is a nice thought. However, we tend to forget, when thinking about magnetic personalities, that magnets also repel. Magnets have two poles, a positive and a negative. If the magnetic attraction (the positive) in our heart is unselfishness and thinking of others first, then what is the repulsion (the negative)...the opposite of course, selfishness. I think we need to be careful of our magnet and remember that it has both capabilities.
Unselfishness, while a wonderful thing... well, I just cannot see it yet how living unselfishly for others results in them living for us. I am not even sure if that is what it's all about. In fact, I am sure that living unselfishly is more about God than anything else. We do it because that is in His way...not in an attempt to get others to do things for us.
If our purpose for living unselfishly is to get others to live for us...then are we truly being unselfish to begin with? Isn't it about Him?
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