Uni students, having found their freedom, either head to the books, or the bar.
PICTURE: Alejandro Luengo/Unsplash
When there are no restraints, where do you head? To the bar, casino, opium den, only fans. I head to the buffet!
Where we head reveals something about where we are at existentially.
Perhaps we have more constructive habits in our life: sport, art, music. You can see why tuning your children into such past times can help avoid the destructive habits.
What if we added service, advocacy, care. These aren’t just constructive habits, but redemptive ones. And then there is the mother of them all, the pinnacle of human endeavour – worship.
Why is worship at the top? To worship one has to empty oneself of ego, and that is not an easy thing for a human to do.
Where do you head?
Paul Clark’s musings can be heard on radio across Australia and at atthetop.org.au.
