"Vanity, all is vanity." These words are attributed to Solomon, reputed by many to be one of the wisest men who ever lived. It only takes a look around to see that there is a lot of preoccupation with self these days. I mean, we've been told for years by so-called mental health experts that we have to look out for #1(me) first.
This world is loaded with evidence that vanity abounds, for instance:
Some might call the way one dresses or the fact that a person has a multitude of visible tattoos as being examples of vanity. Others would say that an obsessive preoccupation with how and what you eat would be another. I recently spoke at length with someone who was very concerned with what they ate, and what they didn't eat. It seemed as if their vegan diet was a focal point of their life and represented who they were as a person.
Here's my take on all this: it's okay to be concerned with your health and appearance, you should be, but, there are things that are equally as important, like being civil, patient, polite and caring with other people, people you are not related to. Also,how 'bout working on cultivating greater honesty, integrity and compassion with the same zeal that you study the ingredients on a box of food at your local high end grocery store?
Many of us need to think of others more, and ourselves less.
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