What are you trying to gain?

“For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul?” - Matthew 16:26

Behind every action is a motivation, and behind every ambition is something we desire.

In every hour at the office, every conversation you initiate, every new project you take on…

What are you trying to gain?

Is it status? Attention? Material wealth? Respect?

Or perhaps, it is the feelings we think these things will bring: admiration, acceptance, love. 

What if, under everything we strive to acquire and accomplish, there lies a deeper soul longing?

If you look inward, can you begin to name what it is your soul really longs for? 

What if you sought that first? How would your priorities, your goals, and your life shift?