The value of not expecting a reward

The movie 'The Orchid Thief', starred by Nicolas Cage, is an example of how a man can dialogue with himself by distorting the reality he is living, but there is a part of the film that is worth all the rest and it is where a twin says something like this to the other:

-The day you confessed your love to…, I was listening and when you walked away I saw how she made fun of you with other young people, it's good that you didn't hear it, because I felt it as if it were for me.

To which the other replied: -I did hear it, but I had already decided to love her and I was happy to tell her, even though she couldn't give me the same.

In our life, we constantly have to do things for others, help others, love others, but when these things are done expecting something in return, that is when they lose their charm.

People in debt, instead of approaching their debtors, flee from them, as they become an image in their minds and this image is unbearable.

The debt is not always monetary, it may be a son whose mother is always demanding that he love her, claiming every minute that he is in debt to her for the time she dedicated to raising him. It may be a wife who demands gratitude from her husband for being almost his slave.

Let's think for a moment about what we feel when we do favors for another person and the day we need them and he tells us: - No. Not to mention the times we ask for the favor, thinking in advance that that person is in debt to us.

We hope that others serve us as we want and the day they cannot do it we get upset without considering in the least that they have every right to decide to give a negative and this does not mean that they love God less. Better to find out why that person had to refuse, perhaps behind his refusal hides some pain or tribulation and we are wasting the moment that God gives us to help.

Believe it or not, this is a sophisticated way to enslave someone. There are many brothers who feel guilty for not knowing how to say no and looking fickle and carefree.

Christ never expected anything in return and gave himself entirely. Who tells us that we have to be indebted to the people we love? Love does not expect retribution.

People keep judging us by our attitudes, let us always show the unconditional love that saved us from spiritual ruin.

“… I pray that rooted and grounded in love, you will be able to understand with all the Saints what is the width, the length, the height and the depth and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God ”Ephesians 3.17-19

Suggested Reading: Matthew 18: 23-35