Have you ever thought to yourself why people get depressed and fear grips them for reasons they don’t know. I met a girl who came with her mother, totally depressed and lost in her mind. Felt very sad seeing her, as she used to be a very smart, intelligent girl an year ago. Many such stories, these are stories for us, but lives are getting ruined . Have we wondered why? Ambition is good, but not competition. Since childhood we are forced by all to compete with others which burns us on the way. Ambition gives us passion, but competition makes us selfish. Always the’ I ‘ am better attitude and finally a little failure ruins us. We must remember that we are not photostats but originals. There is competition among photostats to look alike or better but original remains unique. God does not have photostats, but every creation is original. Then why compete and encourage our selfishness which leads to fear of failure, depression, negative thoughts etc.

Each one of us are created with a unique gift and when you use that gift for others you will be so happy and will never fear nor will anything negative come near you. No wonder Jesus was different. He did not compete with the religious crowd but saw ways and means to make others’ lives better. Philippians 2:4,5 – ‘Let each one LOOK OUT not only for his own interests, but also for the interest of others. Let THIS MIND be in you which was also in Christ Jesus’.Lets LOOK OUT and see how we can change the lives of others.

How we can put a smile on their faces? Just your smile or a kind word or a kind gesture can change a person’s life. Don’t LOOK IN, but LOOK OUT and change the world, one person at a time. God bless you!!

– Tangu Brother (Ps.Mathew Kuruvilla)