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加拉太书生命读经 · 第35篇

为著那灵撒种，以收永远的生命

Sow Unto The Spirit To Reap Eternal Life
1读经：加拉太书六章七至十节。
1Scripture Reading: Gal. 6:7-10
加拉太书的中心点
THE FOCAL POINT OF GALATIANS
2加拉太书的中心点乃是基督顶替律法。神的心意并不是要把祂的子民看守在律法以下；神的心意是要将基督分赐到他们里面。因此，作为神经纶中心的基督，必须顶替律法。因为犹太教徒误用了律法，所以保罗写加拉太书，乃是要启示基督顶替了律法。不错，律法的颁布是有特殊目的的，但神无意要律法成为永久的东西。基督已经来到，以自己顶替律法。这就是加拉太书的中心点。保罗在一章指出，神乐意将祂的儿子耶稣基督启示在我们里面。（15～16。）二章给我们看见，我们应当活这位基督，而不是活律法。（19～21。）神不要我们专注于守律法，而受打岔不活基督。神照著祂心头的喜悦，已经把祂的儿子启示在我们里面，使我们可以活祂。第一章及第二章最重要的点乃是，神的儿子已经启示在我们里面，我们应当活祂。
2The book of Galatians is focused on Christ replacing the law. It is not God’sin tent i on to keep His people under the law. His intention is to dispense Christ into them. Thus, Christ as the center of God’secon o my must replace the law. Because the Judaizers were misusing the law, the Epistle to the Galatians was written to reveal Christ as the replacement of the law. Yes, the law was given for a specific purpose, but God did not intend for the law to be permanent. Christ has come to replace the law with Himself. This is the focal point of Galatians. In chapter one Paul shows that God is pleased to reveal His Son, Jesus Christ, in us (1:15-16). In chapter two we see that we should live this Christ, not the law (2:19-21). God does not want us to be occupied with keeping the law and be distracted from living Christ. According to the pleasure of His heart, He has revealed His Son in us that we may live Him. The crucial points in chapters one and two are that the Son of God has been revealed into us and that we should live Him
肉体与那灵的对比
THE CONTRAST BETWEEN FLESH AND SPIRIT
3保罗在三、四章给我们看见，如何经历并享受这位基督。这位被启示为神经纶之中心的乃是基督，但在我们的经历中，这一位乃是那灵。这就是保罗从三章开始，一再说到那灵的原因。他在三章二节问加拉太人，他们接受了那灵，是本于行律法，还是本于听信仰。然后保罗在下一节以稍带责备的口气继续问：『你们既靠那灵开始，如今还靠肉体成全么？』这里给我们看见那灵和肉体的对比。这与二章二十节有点不一样，二章二十节是说到基督与『我』的对比。三章的那灵是二章基督的实化，而肉体是经历一面的『我』。在道理上我们可以说，我们的难处在于『我』，也就是己；但在经历上，我们的难处在于肉体，肉体就是我们堕落之人的总和。我们很容易在召会聚会中作见证说，我们甚么都不是，只不过是肉体。但在我们的日常生活里，我们却不容易承认自己是肉体。在神的眼中，堕落的人甚么都不是，只不过是肉体。从三章到六章，保罗一直用肉体和那灵作对比。
3In chapters three and four Paul shows us how to experience this Christ and enjoy Him. The One revealed as the center of God’s economy is Christ. But in our experience this One is the Spirit. This is the reason that, beginning in chapter three, Paul speaks of the Spirit again and again. In 3:2 he asks the Galatians if they received the Spirit by the works of law or by the hearing of faith. Then, in a somewhat rebuking tone, he goes on to ask in the next verse, “Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh?” Here we see the contrast between the Spirit and the flesh. This is somewhat different from 2:20, where the contrast is between Christ and “I.” The Spirit in chapter three is the very realization of the Christ in chapter two, and the flesh is the experiential aspect of the “I.” Doctrinally we may say that our problem is with the “I,” the self, but in experience our problem is with the flesh, which is the totality of our fallen being. It may be easy for us to testify in the church meetings that we are nothing but flesh. But in our daily life it is not so easy to admit that we are flesh. In the sight of God, fallen man is nothing but flesh. Beginning in chapter three and continuing into chapter six, Paul contrasts the Spirit with the flesh.
4加拉太四章二十九节说，『当时那按著肉体生的，怎样逼迫了那按著灵生的，现在也是这样。』我们在这节经文里看到两类人─按著肉体生的人，和按著灵生的人。我们这些得救的人就在这两类人当中。一方面，我们是按著肉体生的儿女；另一方面，我们也是按著灵生的儿女。在我们里面有两种成分、两种性情，就是那灵与肉体。这两种成分使我们成为两种儿女。那灵与肉体的对比延续到五章，那里说到肉体的行为与那灵的果子的对比。（五19～23。）五章十七节告诉我们：『因为肉体纵任贪欲，抵抗那灵，那灵也抵抗肉体。』那灵与肉体从来不会合作，也绝不能彼此相合。
4Galatians 4:29 says, “But as then he that was born according to flesh persecuted him that was born according to Spirit, so also it is now.” In this verse we see two categories of people: those born according to flesh and those born according to Spirit. As saved ones, we are in both categories. On the one hand, we are children born according to flesh; on the other hand, we are also children born according to Spirit. Within us we have two elements, two natures—the Spirit and the flesh. These two elements make us two kinds of children. The contrast between the Spirit and the flesh continues in chapter five with the contrast between the works of the flesh and the fruit of the Spirit (5:19-23). In 5:17 we are told, “The flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh.” The Spirit and the flesh can never work together or go along with each other
两种撒种
TWO KINDS OF SOWING
5末了，六章给我们看见两种不同撒种的对比─为著肉体撒种，以及为著那灵撒种。（7～8。）一方面，我们也许为著肉体撒种，以达到肉体的目的；另一方面，我们可能为著那灵撒种，以那灵作我们的目标。三章的那灵主要是使我们得著神圣的生命；四章的那灵是为著我们从神而生；五章的那灵是为著我们活著并行事为人；而在六章的那灵是作我们的目标与标竿。加拉太书头两章启示基督是神经纶的中心点，但后四章指出在我们经历中的那灵。我们多少已经说到那灵在生命、出生、与行事为人这几方面的事。在本篇信息中，我们需要来看那灵是我们的目标。这与为著那灵撒种很有关系。保罗在六章八节说，『为著自己的肉体撒种的，必从肉体收败坏；为著那灵撒种的，必从那灵收永远的生命。』明白保罗所说的撒种是甚么意思，是十分重要的。因著保罗自己为人的经历以及他所学习的，又因著他从神所领受的启示，所以他对于人生有透彻的了解。他在六章八节所用的『撒种』一辞，指出人生的真谛实意。根据保罗的观点，人生乃是一个撒种的过程。我们天天都在撒种，我们藉著我们所说的、所作的、以及我们所是的来撒种。
5Finally, in chapter six, we have the contrast between two different kinds of sowing: the sowing unto the flesh and the sowing unto the Spirit (6:7-8). On the one hand, we may sow unto the flesh to accomplish the purpose of the flesh. On the other hand, we may sow unto the Spirit with the Spirit as our goal. In chapter three, the Spirit is mainly for us to have the divine life. In chapter four, the Spirit is for us to be born of God. In chapter five, the Spirit is for us to live and walk. Here in chapter six, the Spirit is for our aim, our goal. In the first two chapters of Galatians we have the revelation of Christ as the focal point of God’secon o my, but in the last four chapters we have the Spirit in our experience. We have somewhat covered the aspects of the Spirit for life, birth, and walk. In this message we need to consider the Spirit as our aim. This has much to do with sowing unto the Spirit. In 6:8 Paul says, “He who sows unto his own flesh, shall reap corruption of the flesh, but he who sows unto the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap eternal life.” It is very important to understand what Paul means by sowing. Because of his human experience and what he had learned and because of the revelation he received from God, Paul had a thorough understanding of human life. His use of the word sow in 6:8 points to the true meaning of human life. According to Paul’s view, human life is a process of sowing. Day by day, we are sowing. We sow by what we say and do and by what we are.
6撒种就是把一些会生长、并且末了能有收成的东西散播出去。我们在日常生活里不断的在散播一些东西，这些东西会生长，并且会产生收成。甚至我们所说的话里面也包含了种子，这种子会落在特别的土壤中，开始生长，并且产生收成，让我们来收割。我们不要以为我们的言语以及我们的行为不会产生甚么结果或后果。相反的，我们所说的以及我们所作的一切，都与撒种有关。你知道你整天都在撒种么？你高兴时是在撒种，悲伤时也是在撒种；你平静时是在撒种，忿怒时也是在撒种；你赞美主时是在撒种，抱怨时也是在撒种。你说闲话、批评别人时，也是在撒种。你唱诗的时候撒了种，责骂孩子的时候也撒了种。人生就是撒种的生活，就是将会生长且会产生收成的东西散播出去的生活。人不论知道或不知道，也不论有意或无意，都是在撒种。你可能无意叫一件消极的事物生长而产生祸害；但只要你撒了种，就会有收成。没有得救的人不知道他们撒种的生活，末了会使他们收割死亡及火湖。不管你的存心如何，只要你撒了种，就会有收成；并且你种的是甚么，收的也是甚么。我们不该惊奇得了某种收成，因为那种收成来自那一种特别的撒种。一个人若种大豆，然后收了大豆，而不是收玉米，他不该惊奇。只要他种的是大豆，就不该盼望收的不是大豆，而是玉米或其他的作物。我们需要对这个严肃的事实有深刻的印象：我们所种的，会归回我们。
6To sow is to put forth something that will grow and eventually be reaped. In our daily living we are constantly putting forth things that will grow and bring forth a harvest. Even a word uttered by us contains seeds that will land in a particular soil, grow, and produce a harvest which we shall reap. We should not think that our words and actions are without result or issue. On the contrary, all that we say and do involves the sowing of seeds. Do you realize that you are sowing all day long? You sow when you are happy and when you are sad, when you are calm and when you are angry, when you are praising the Lord and when you are complaining. Whenever you gossip or criticize someone, you are sowing. When you sing you sow, and when you scold your children you also sow. The human life is a life of sowing, a life of putting forth things that grow and produce a harvest. People sow whether they realize it or not and whether they intend to sow or not. You may have no intention for a certain negative thing to grow and produce a disastrous harvest. But as long as you sow, a harvest will result. Unsaved people do not realize that their life of sowing will eventually cause them to reap death and the lake of fire. No matter what your intention may be, as long as you sow, you will reap, and you will reap what you sow. We should not be surprised that we reap a certain thing, for that kind of reaping comes from that particular kind of sowing. A person should not be surprised if he sows soybeans and then reaps soybeans instead of corn. As long as he sows soybeans, he should not expect to reap corn or any crop other than soybeans. We need to be impressed with the serious fact that what we sow will return to us
7我实在很担心，许多信徒并不知道他们的生活乃是撒种的生活。凡我们的所是，凡我们所往之处，凡我们所说并所作，都是撒种。我们尤其是藉著说话撒种。至终，我们会成为第一个收取我们所种消极事物的人。就连我们想要知道别人的事，也会撒下死亡的种子。我们撒下这样的种子，结果死亡就进到我们自己的生活里，也进到召会里。我们首当其冲，成了这死亡的受害者。然后这死亡会散布给别人。我们最好不要知道别人的事。我们知道得越多，就有越多的种子撒出去。打听别人的事是十分危险的，但是在召会中有一些圣徒甚至可以称为询问台。他们可以提供许多人、许多地方的消息。拥有这些消息，就开了路让死亡的种子散播出来。我从经历里学会，最好不要知道那么多的事。我虽然身在安那翰召会，但我实在能作见证，安那翰召会有许多的事我并不知道，我也不想知道。我知道的消息越少，可撒的种就越少。许多有关众圣徒以及众召会消息的种子都不是生命的种子，而是死亡的种子。你如果撒了这类种子，就必定会收你所种的死亡。
7I am quite concerned that many believers do not realize that their life is a life of sowing. Whatever we are, wherever we go, and whatever we say and do are all sowing. In particular, we sow by our talking. Eventually, we shall be the first to reap the negative things we have sown. Even in seeking to know the affairs of others, we may sow the seed of death. As a result of our sowing such a seed, death will come into our own lives and also into the church. First we shall be the victims of this death. Then the death will spread to others. It is much better not to know things about others. The more we know, the more seeds we shall have to sow. Although it is dangerous to gather information about others, some saints in the church could even be called an information center. They can supply information about many people and places. Possessing such information opens the way for sowing seeds of death. From experience I have learned that it is better not to know so many things. Although I am in the church in Anaheim, I can testify truly that concerning the church there are a great many things I do not know and do not want to know. The less information I have, the less seeds I have to sow. Seeds of information about saints and about churches are not seeds of life, but seeds of death. If you sow this kind of seed, you will reap the death you have sown.
8撒种这个辞实际上就等于生活。谨慎撒种就是儆醒著生活。我再说，撒种是会产生某种结果的。这就是保罗警告我们要谨慎撒种的原因。我们若为著肉体撒种，就必从肉体收败坏；但我们若为著那灵撒种，必从那灵收永远的生命。六章八节的肉体与那灵相对，而败坏与永远的生命相对。只有这两种撒种，只有这两种收成；没有中立的，没有第三种收成。毫无疑问，败坏包括死亡。为著肉体撒种总是产生败坏的收成，而为著那灵撒种总是产生永远生命的收成。
8The word sowing is actually equal to living. To be careful in our sowing is to be watchful concerning our living. I repeat, sowing causes a certain result. This was the reason Paul warned us to be careful of our sowing. If we sow unto the flesh, we shall of the flesh reap corruption, but if we sow unto the Spirit, we shall reap of the Spirit eternal life. In 6:8 flesh stands in contrast to the Spirit, and corruption in contrast to eternal life. There are only these two kinds of sowing and two kinds of reaping. There is no neutrality, no third kind of reaping. No doubt, corruption includes death. Sowing unto the flesh will always produce a harvest of corruption, whereas sowing unto the Spirit will always produce a harvest of life eternal
以那灵作我们的目标
TAKING THE SPIRIT AS OUR GOAL
9保罗的话强烈的含示，我们必须对我们的目标、标竿作个决定。我们的目标是肉体，还是那灵？保罗在六章八节说到『为著』肉体以及『为著』那灵撒种。『为著』这辞，原文意指『目的为了』或『结果以致』。为著肉体撒种，就是为了成就肉体的目的而撒种，这就是以肉体作为目标。但为著那灵撒种，乃是为了要成就那灵的目的而撒种，这就是以那灵作我们的目标。那灵不只应当是我们的生命与生活行动，也应当是我们生活的目标。在肉体与那灵之间并没有中立的地带。我们的目标不是这个，就是那个，不可能有别的目标。肉体与那灵都是包罗一切的，但各有不同的范畴。肉体包括那灵以外的一切事。说闲话、批评、世俗的购物、离开那灵管制的看报，这些全是肉体的方面。你要以肉体为你的目标么？你在地上生活的目标究竟是甚么？我盼望你们都能彀说，你们的目标乃是包罗万有的那灵。为著那灵撒种，包括呼求主、祷告、供应基督给人，以及在生命里交通，使人得著造就。我们为著主的定旨用钱，也是为著那灵撒种。我们若为著那灵撒种，以那灵为我们的目标，我们就不会以世俗的方式购物。相反的，我们买东西时，会受一件事实的管制，就是我们已经拣选那灵作我们的目标。如果那灵是我们的目标，我们日常生活的每一件事都会为著这一个目标。
9Paul’s words strongly imply that we must make a decision with respect to our aim, our goal. Will our aim be the flesh, or will it be the Spirit? In 6:8 Paul speaks of sowing unto the flesh and unto the Spirit. The Greek preposition rendered unto means “with a view to” or “resulting in.” To sow unto the flesh means to sow with a view to accomplishing the purpose of the flesh. This is to have the flesh as the goal. But to sow unto the spirit means to sow with a view to accomplishing the purpose of the Spirit. This is to have the Spirit as our goal. The Spirit should be not only our life and walk, but also the goal of our living. There is no neutral ground between the flesh and the Spirit. Our goal is either one or the other. It cannot be anything else. In different ways, both the flesh and the Spirit are all- inclusive. The flesh includes everything apart from the Spirit. Gossiping, criticizing, shopping in a worldly way, reading the newspaper apart from the control of the Spirit—all these are aspects of the flesh. Do you intend to take the flesh as your goal? What is the goal of your life on earth? I hope that you all will be able to say that your goal is the all - inclusive Spirit. Sowing unto the Spirit includes calling on the Lord, praying, ministering Christ to others, and fellowshipping in life that others may be edified. We also sow unto the Spirit when we use our money for the Lord’s purpose. If we sow unto the Spirit, taking the Spirit as our goal, we shall not go shopping in a worldly way. Instead, our shopping will be governed by the fact that we have chosen to take the Spirit as our goal. If the Spirit is our goal, then everything in our daily life will be with a view to this goal.
10保罗在加拉太书的负担就是要启示基督到一个地步，祂不只成为神经纶的中心点，也成了我们日常生活行动的中心点。神已经把基督启示到我们里面，现今我们需要活基督。这就是在头两章中所陈明的启示。我们也看见，保罗接著指出，我们如何能经历这样一位基督。我们若要经历祂，就必须有那灵作我们的生命。这需要我们有一次神圣的出生，然后我们应当凭著灵而行，并且以那灵作我们的目标。我们不是到处游荡、漫无目标的人，我们有一个清楚、明确的目标─那灵。那灵若是我们的目标，我们日常生活的每一件事都会变得有意义。我们怎样穿著、怎样布置房间，我们去那里，甚至吃甚么、喝甚么所有的一切都是为著那灵撒种。当那灵成了我们的目标时，我们活在地上就只为著这个目标。但我们若让肉体成为目标，至终我们就会收败坏。这败坏不只会影响我们，也会影响我们的家庭，甚至我们的后代。在主的恩典里，主想要帮助我们以那灵作我们的目标。我们怎样跟人说话、我们怎样花钱，以及生活中的每一方面，都应当为著这个目标。青年人，我鼓励你们立志，以那灵作你们的目标。我甚至建议你们在这事上向主许愿。你可以说，『主阿，我呼吁天地来见证，我今天在这里许愿，要以包罗万有赐生命的灵作我的目标。我所说的、所作的一切，都要向著这个目标。主，我不要撒任何导致自己或别人收败坏的种子。我要为著那灵撒种，并收永远的生命。我所作的每一件事，都要向著那灵这个目标而作。』
10Paul’s burden in the book of Galatians was to reveal Christ in such away that He would be not only the focal point of God’secon o my, but also the focal point of our daily walk. God has revealed Christ into us, and now we need to live Him. This is the revelation presented in the first two chapters. As we have seen, Paul goes on to point out how we can experience such a Christ. If we would experience Him, we must have the Spirit as our life. This requires that we have a divine birth. Then we should walk by the Spirit and take the Spirit as our goal. We are not aimless people who wander about without a goal. We have a clear, definite aim—the Spirit. If the Spirit is our goal, everything in our daily life will become meaningful. The way we dress, how we arrange things in our room, where we go, even what we eat—all will be a sowing unto the Spirit. When the Spirit is our goal, we live on earth with a view to this goal. However, if we let the flesh be our goal, we shall eventually reap corruption. This corruption may affect not only us, but also our family and even our descendants. In His grace, the Lord wants to help us take the Spirit as our goal. The way we talk to others, the way we spend our money, and every aspect of our living should be with a view to this goal. Young people, I encourage you to make up your mind to take the Spirit as your goal. I would even suggest that you make a vow to the Lord concerning this. You may want to say, “Lord, I call heaven and earth to witness that I make a vow to take the all-inclusive life-giving Spirit as my goal. I want whatever I say and do to be toward this goal. Lord, I don’t want to sow anything that will result incorruption for me or others. I want to sow unto the Spirit and reap eternal life. Everything I do, I want to do toward the goal of the Spirit
信仰之家
THE HOUSEHOLD OF THE FAITH
11保罗在六章十节说，『所以我们有了时机，就当向众人行善，尤其是向信仰之家的人。』保罗说了撒种以后，立刻题到信仰之家，这指明我们的撒种影响信仰之家，这家包括地上所有的信徒。你今天撒的种子会影响信仰之家。比方说，不要以为你头发的样式无关紧要。你在剪发的事上，不是为著肉体撒种而收败坏，就是为著那灵撒种而收永远的生命。不仅如此，你的撒种还会影响众圣徒，甚至影响众召会。你若为著那灵撒种，结果就会供应生命给众召会。我们如果看见这个，必定渴望以那灵作我们的目标，并为著这个目标而活。我有把握说，我们若为著那灵撒种而为著那灵生活，就会有永远的生命为收成。这对我们自己、我们的家庭、我们周围的众圣徒，甚至全地的众召会都会有极大的益处。
11In 6:10 Paul says, “So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good toward all men, and especially toward those of the household of the faith.” Paul’s mention of the household of faith immediately after his word about sowing indicates that our sowing affects the household of the faith, which includes all the believers on earth. What you sow today will have an effect on the household of faith. Do not think, for example, that the way you cut your hair is a matter of no significance. In cutting your hair you sow either unto the flesh to reap corruption or unto the Spirit to reap eternal life. Furthermore, your sowing has an effect on the saints and even on the churches. If you sow unto the Spirit, the result will be a supply of life to the churches. If we see this, we shall surely desire to take the Spirit as our goal and live unto this goal. I have the assurance that if we live unto the Spirit by sowing unto the Spirit, we shall reap a harvest of eternal life. This will be a great benefit to ourselves, our families, the saints around us, and even all the churches on earth
12我们若从主领受恩典来活基督，就会为著那灵撒种，并且以那灵作我们的目标，结局就是永远的生命。我们不会导致败坏，却能彀将生命的供应服事给与我们有直接接触的人。不仅如此，因著我们一直为著那灵撒种，就连那些间接接触我们的人，也能得著生命的供应。我们不需要特意为主作工。我们若为著肉体活，我们所作基督徒的工是不会有甚么果效的。算得数的不是我们的工作，而是我们的撒种。我们生活的每一个细节都是重要的，因为这都是我们撒种的一部分。我们若在日常生活的所有小事上都能为著那灵撒种，就会有为著那灵的生活。这种生活的结果就是永远的生命。当我们的目标是那灵时，我们就成为别人生命的供应。
12If we receive grace from the Lord to live Christ, we shall sow unto the Spirit and take the Spirit as our goal. The result will be life eternal. Instead of causing corruption, we shall be able to minister the life supply to those with whom we have direct contact. Moreover, because we have been sowing unto the Spirit, even those who contact us only indirectly will receive something of life. There is no need to try deliberately to carry on a work for the Lord. If we live unto the flesh, what we do as a Christian work will not be effective. What counts is not our working, but our sowing. Every detail of our living is important because it is part of our sowing. If we sow unto the Spirit in all the small parts of our daily living, we shall have a life unto the Spirit. The issue of this kind of life is life eternal. When our goal is the Spirit, we become a supply of life to others
荣耀的目标
A GLORIOUS GOAL
13我再说，我们信徒不是漫无目标的。我们有一个控制我们、指引我们的标竿和目标。无论我们作甚么，都是向著这个目标作的。保罗在写加拉太书的结语时，嘱咐我们要为著那灵撒种，为著那灵生活，无论说甚么话或作甚么事，目的都要为著那灵。身为神的儿子，我们需要以那灵作我们独一且永远的目标。我劝你们要以那灵作你们生活的目标，好使你们成为供应生命给别人的人。你要告诉主说，『主阿，从今以后，我的目标是那灵，也惟有那灵。我真喜乐我有这样一个目标。我的生活是有意义的，因为我有一个目标，能彀在凡事上引导我并控制我。』主在祂的恢复中正发出呼召，叫我们以那灵作我们的目标，并在凡事上向祂活著，好叫我们有永远生命的收成。我们的生活有这样荣耀的目标，这是何等美妙！
13I say once again that we believers are not aimless. We have a goal, an aim that controls and directs us. Whatever we do, we do with a view toward this goal. In drawing the Epistle to the Galatians to a close, Paul charges us to sow unto the Spirit, to live unto the Spirit, to say and do everything with a view to the Spirit. As sons of God, we need to take the Spirit as our unique and eternal goal. I urge you to take the Spirit as your goal in life that you may become one who supplies life to others. Tell the Lord, “Lord, from this time forth, my goal is the Spirit and only the Spirit. I’m so happy that I have such a goal. My life is meaningful, for I have a goal which directs me and controls me in all things.” The Lord is sounding out the call in His recovery to take the Spirit as our goal and to live unto Him in everything that there may be a harvest of life eternal. How wonderful that we may have such a glorious goal in life!