Green Oasis

“To every thing there is a season” (Ecclesiastes 3:1)

Meditating on this I think about times when I’ve tried hard to do the right thing. During those times, I’ve tried to always eat healthy food, to always be chaste in my thoughts, or to be spiritual all the time. I didn’t realize that there is a time for everything, even doing the wrong things. The reality I exist in doesn’t fit neatly into the categories right and wrong. A well-lived life doesn’t consist of always doing the right things and never doing the wrong things. A healthy, fulfilling life consists of giving the appropriate time to every purpose under the heaven: a time to be chaste, a time to lust, a time to contemplate higher things, a time to just have fun, a time to nurture good health, a time to eat ice cream on hot brownies while sitting on the couch watching movies.