Owe

Is it a coincidence that the opposite words owe and own are only one letter apart? If debt is enslavement to repay then I'm not sure it is a natural universal way to deal with one another. I wonder if God thinks we owe him anything.

Life is free.  But a living is not.  How much sense is that? If making a living is practical then maybe it's not enough.

To live as if we pay our dues makes little of this life we have. To manage life based on owing each other is more like death than living, slavery than freedom. What is called investment is often just profiteering and putting debt on someone.

Real investment is about people not just money. So a better way to see life, relationships and even investment as nurturing creativity. But to just show up, go through the obligations of the day, is just doing enough to "earn your keep" is a way to avoid making something of my life.

If we're not creating love, understanding, joy, hope...  We are giving up our lives to be enslaved by our obligations. Maybe we owe it to ourselves to own our life, not just my living.