“Put your own oxygen mask on before helping others.” It’s a phrase we’ll all have heard when listening to the safety briefing on a plane. But for some it can also describe their mantra for life. And it’s not without merit. Another way to put it might be “first get rid of the log in your own eye; then you will see well enough to deal with the speck in your friend’s eye”. That’s Matthew 7:5, and although I don’t think it is necessarily quite the point Jesus was getting at, the principle does sort of stand – it’s only when we are OK ourselves that we are in a position to help others. As Ed Sheeran put it, “So before I save someone else, I’ve got to save myself”. We have to get our own houses in order first; you can’t pour from an empty cup; etc, etc.
Another popular mantra for life is “if you’re happy, I’m happy.” Continue reading “Me Time”
