Different Branches of the Same Tree

I met with a classmate tonight to discuss a plan for our next homework assignment. In our conversation the topic of our major came up. We are both English language majors (linguistics, focusing on English), and we were both impressed by the fact that we each had a different desired direction with this same major. We are taking many of the same classes, yet we have different academic interests. That was fascinating to me. In a sense we are different branches of the same tree.

I now think of this in a much broader perspective. As a people we have many, many different interests in the many different aspects of our lives. Most of these interests and desires have something to do with improving something, changing something, and progressing. We have a lot of different ideas of what "better" might mean, yet we continue to strive for improvement. I believe these desires, in its various manifestations, come from the same source. Whatever is good comes from God. Two students with the same major and the same classes can have different and equally worthwhile goals. Two people in the world with the same basic desire for improvement can have different aspirations and goals to achieve that improvement. In short: you are awesome; I am awesome; and we can find common ways to be more awesome together. 

I am grateful to know that any good thing, any good action, and any worthwhile goal comes from the same heavenly source. Truly all things around us testify that God is real.