What we can learn from Socrates

Just read this passage from Plato's Apology:


"And I think that no greater good has ever befallen you in the city [Athens] than my zeal for the service of god. For I go about doing nothing else than persuading you, both young and old, to take no care either for the body, or for riches, prior to or so much as for the soul, how it may be made most perfect, telling you that virtue does not spring from riches, but riches and all other human blessings, both private and public, from virtue." - Socrates via Plato, The Apology



My question for you is, "What concerns you most?" Can you say like Socrates, that you care about that which is eternal more than that which is not? Do the things that really matter get priority in your life? How important it is for us to realize that more stuff is not going to make us more virtuous; rather, blessings come from virtue. Now, where does virtue come from? Although we can be moral beings and yet unbelieving, complete virtue can only be realized by trusting in Christ. That's because our moral compass is repaired by God via our relationship with Christ, so that our orientation is gradually changed from ourselves to Him, resulting in completion and a final transformation when He makes all things new on that Last Day.

Pretty exciting when you think about, isn't it?