Was Jesus god?

I don’t know.

And, if truth really be told, neither do you.

I can believe, have faith, that he was…but it can’t be proven as fact…at least, not yet.

Oh yea he said some things that seemed to point in the direction.

But was he being sarcastic, was he parable-izing to make a point, or was he really stating a literal fact?

Jesus often said things in fiction to make a factual point…those statements were called parables.

But there are a few unmistakable facts about this real historic figure named Jesus…

1. He was a radical…a revolutionary even…
2. And a misfit…
3. And a great teacher…
4. Who taught primarily that the secret to the good life is love…
5. And he was a legendary impact mindfulness practitioner…

I am a Jeff Goins fan. If you don’t know who he is check out his blog at www.goinswriter.com.

Now, Jeff would more than likely take issue with the opening to this post, but that’s OK.

I just finished his watershed first book, Wrecked.

I loved it, especially the following quote…

If we want to understand the secret to living a good life – to loving people like this – we have to be willing to do the unthinkable. We have to get dirty. We cannot be afraid of the cost, of getting stained with someone else’s filth. We cannot avoid the walls that divide us – the superficialities and prejudices that separate the “clean” from the “unclean.” All those need to fall down, to disappear, if we are going to stop playing around and actually do this. Otherwise, we should just stop kidding ourselves.

Thank you Jeff…for the above quote that fully supports each and every pillar of impact mindfulness.

I love it when famous people agree with me…not that I have an ego problem or anything…

I particularly like that very first sentence. Because within it the secret to living a good life really is revealed.

Do you see it? It is between the “guiones” (Spanish, and sounds like Goins), or hyphens…

And that is exactly what Jesus taught us to do.

To do the unthinkable. To turn the other cheek. To not be afraid of getting stained with another’s filth…literally and figuratively.

Jesus was all about breaking down walls that divide us. That divide us from ourselves and from god…or from the good life.

Because the “good life” is really more about loving than it is about living.

Hmm, that sounds confusing…let me elaborate…

Jesus proclaimed to be the way, the truth and the life. Most say that was an indication of his deity.

I say it was an exhortation to love like he did.

For that is the way…and the truth…and the secret to the GOOD life.

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