A SHORT INCOMPLETE PRIMER ON SACRIFICE 6-20-17
Not all sacrifices are equal.
Some folks make small sacrifices and claim they are even with those who made
great sacrifices.
Sacrifices for self and
sacrifices for others are different. Is “sacrificing” smoking to save your own
lungs the same as giving it up to save your baby’s lungs? Is it “sacrificing,”
at all, or just “giving it up?” Giving something up and making a sacrifice are
very different.
We tend to say “sacrifice”
about everything we “give up,” which demeans sacrifice. A sacrifice is not for
self. You don’t sacrifice something for the sake of your own health, physical
or emotional, even though we use that phrase. A sacrifice is for another
person, or for a cause, which is another person writ large.
It’s not a sacrifice if you
are doing it in order to get something for yourself.
JRMcF
johnrobertmcfarland@gmail.com
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