Sometimes I wonder What is a Christian and why is it so hard to be? And the answer to this question emerged as coming from nowhere, as if someone sent.
Being Christian is not a life devoid of pleasure or a life of suffering. Being a Christian is to live life simply. Thousands of years ago God gave us ten commandments very simple, if fulfilled, would lead to a happy, simple and good. Why not steal? Because if you steal causes sadness and pain to someone, as if you steal you. Why do you love God above all things? Because if you do, life will be more simpler, more beautiful, because you care or you have or do not have, just try to be a better person and cultivate yourself.
This was summarized by Jesus in two simple principles: "Love God above all things" and "Love your neighbor as yourself." So, being a Christian is to care for others, ie to be a good person for the satisfaction of being and to cultivate the love God has given us.
So why is it so difficult to achieve at first glance seems so easy? The answer is simple: being a Christian is not difficult for si mismo porque, como ya lo he dicho, consiste en amar la simpleza de la vida y a quien nos la dio. Sin embargo vivimos en la sociedad moderna, la sociedad del inconformismo material.
Hoy en día nunca tenemos suficiente y, al parecer, nunca lograremos a ser felices porque siempre habrá más cosas que querremos y que no podremos tener. Además, estamos en la sociedad del individuo, donde el mandamiento no es "ama al prójimo como a ti mismo" sino "amate a ti mismo, no importa el prójimo". Es por esta mentalidad que ser cristiano parece tan difícil. Nos cuesta alegrarnos por el triunfo de los demás, incluso cuando es una amigo. Nos cuesta amar las cosas simples porque implica no have more and more. It costs us smile with a butterfly because it involves a personal triumph.
So what is difficult is to stop the selfishness and hedonism and remember that if we do more for others, we will be happy and if we love God and seek to enhance our spirit, we will be better people.
