AMONG THE CLOUDS

I wish we could truly dwell among the clouds instead of merely gazing at them. It just seems like a peaceful climate free of stress and the dangers of this life.

I'm sure I'm not the first person who toyed with that idea. For me it is just a passing fancy, not an obsession.

At times though I wonder if others haven't tried to reach for the clouds in a more consuming way. Not that they have necessarily succeeded, but it doesn't keep them from trying.

Life, with all its various attachments of needs and reality hardly lends itself to such choices. It doesn't keep us from wanting otherwise, but it just never seems to actually happen.

Still, it is very popular in some Christian circles to offer some version of cloud living to people. That isn't a domain reserved for the teachings of some fractions of the faith.

There are many options one can find if you seek to find someone to offer you a path beyond the stars where you can life happily forever. I'm not sure anyone ever actually probes such claims for their success, but if you have enough time and money there are plenty of people out there that will tell you what you want to hear.

I've always found it interesting how for those who teach the cloud life in whatever version they definitely seem to have it all together. At least on the surface they live well and are content with their lives.

And often they seem to convey the concept of how you have to sacrifice in order to enjoy what they have. Only you notice they themselves never seem to do any sacrificing.

At least that seems to be the impression. So it is more a matter in many ways that they offer up hope for a price and naturally you are the only one who has to pay the price.

The question is to me one of can a person truly find contentment with their lot in live. Judging from all the searching that goes on I think the answer is most often not. Which tells me that most of us would desire to live the cloud life if we could whether it is really available.

What doesn't seem to be true is that we will all find the wings to fly. And what if God has chosen us to be in a life without those wings?

It seems to often I've known too many people who just can't accept their role in life. They don't have the ability to enjoy what they have regardless of if there is a lot or a little. Which is why I think at times the only way to truly gain wings for the cloud life is to let them be from the Lord. And if those wings make us soar upon the ground, embrace it to find the joy it can brings. Lusting for what will never be always is a dead end path.