Lately, I feel like every time I tell someone about something positive I am doing – reading more, deleting social media intermittently, practicing sabbath, watching less TV, delaying gratification, etc… their first response is… “Oh that’s so great! I could never do that.” I cringe Every. Single. Time. Because in reality, they CAN make any changes they find important, they are just choosing not to. Why is that a gut reaction response? Personally, when I hear someone making a change in their life I run it through a filter of “Should I be doing something similar? Do I feel convicted about what they feel convicted about?” and then I ask them questions about what led them to that decision. I think the first time this started bothering me is when I went to Uganda and Rwanda for a month back in college. Most of the time I was there the bathroom situation was a latrine, which is essentially a very deep hold in the ground with four walls around it. No electricity or plum
