This is a different kind of life. In Christ, I still have goals, but, practicing care, I don’t do the work for the sake of these goals. I do the work for Christ. I do the work for its own sake. I learn to love the work. I still have goals, but these goals don’t own me. They don’t control me. They don’t master me. I don’t pin my happiness on achieving them. Christ is my master. And then, free from the tyranny of these goals, attentive to the work, the work itself improves. I become more patient and skillful, and success becomes more likely. No longer worshipping success, I’m more likely to
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