Friday, October 25, 2013

The Lost coin: Complete vs Full

Completehaving all parts or elements; lacking nothingwhole; entire; finished; ended; concluded:
having all the required or customary characteristics, skills, or the like; consummate; perfect in kin or quality; thorough; entire; total; undivided, uncompromised, or unmodified;  having all modifying or complementary elements included

Full
completely filled; containing all that can be held; filled to utmost capacity
2.
complete; entire; maximum
3.
of the maximum size, amount, extent, volume, etc.
4.
(of garments, drapery, etc.) wide, ample, or having ample folds.
5.
abundant; well-supplied: 


Then Jesus told them this parable: “Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Doesn't he leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it? And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders and goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.’ 

Or suppose a woman has ten silver coins[a] and loses one. Doesn't she light a lamp, sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it? And when she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost coin.’

In these two parables, we see the difference between Complete and Full.

Being full doesn't means you're complete. I am sure you know what i mean by this sentence, and likewise you also know you're full of events, meetings, so much that you don't even haven time for the things that matters. Example the man who loses the one sheep. He's having 99 sheeps already, and yet he left them to get the one back. Look at the woman who is already rich with 10 silver coins, and yet still go and search for the one.

Honestly ask yourself this: Am i doing all this for myself or for people? Examine this: After all is said and done, am i happy?

The truth is this: Happiness starts from within. Though happiness is not always physical, yet it's visible. So whatever you do, pursue happiness. 

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