Immediate Pleasure vs Long-term Satisfaction
Excerpt from, Son of Man: Urantia, Chapter 19, pt. 1, The Twelve Apostles
To a child, happiness has to do with satisfying immediate pleasure. An adult is willing to deny something now to have something more later. In Jesus' times and since, happiness has been linked too much to money and wealth. In the story of the Pharisee and the publican praying in the temple, The one felt rich in spirit, egotistical. The other felt poor in spirit, humble. One was self-sufficient. The other was teachable and truth-seeking. The poor in spirit seek for goals of spiritual wealth for God. And these people looking for the truth do not have to wait to get their rewards sometime in the distant future. They are rewarded now.
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Bob
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