Lose Thyself? What?

"For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel’s, the same shall save it."
- Mark 8:35

Okay, so I have read this scripture and heard it a thousand times, but am now just barely starting to understand what it means. (this scripture must be important because there are at least 3 other scriptures that say the same thing)

I have been thinking lately a lot about myself. What am I going to do, what job am I going to get, what my future is going to be like, me, me, me. Honestly, I am being selfish, (I still am, I'm just working on it now).

If we try to find ways to think about others, to help others, to serve others, to bring a smile to other people's faces, then God will help us discover ourselves. We will discover who we are and find a place in this world. We all desire to have a purpose, and we can't have a purpose if we are only thinking about numero uno. This life is very, very, very short. Think about the limited number of years and days we have here. God didn't let us come down here to only think about ourselves, He sent us here to learn, grow, and trust Him. We can't do that if we don't think of what others need.

It may be hard, but sometimes that people that we serve live in the same house that we do. (spouse, children, parents, siblings)

Life is full of struggles and things that we could always do better at. Think about others and see what happens.