Thoughts for the night.

Everyone does things for others that somehow benefits themselves. Where there's value to them, including a sense of "I have put others before me."

What separates a true child of God from everyone else is that eternal struggle to remember that these benefits are a "nice to have" and not the motivation for the actions.

"We love because He first loved us."

We love not for the love we get in return. Not for the rewards that our actions beget. Not for that self appreciation of our selflessness. But because He loves us. All that feel nice emotions should happen because of our actions. And not that our actions happen because we want those feel nice emotions.

Keep on remembering. Keep on keeping on.