Functional

 One can be “functional, if their life is measured in material things, but still be a mess.  There are functional believers who have the right catechism and go to the worship services but their life is so empty still.  There are functional alcoholics who still have a lot of material things, such as car, house, job, family, but their insides are a mess and they are feeling the pain from drinking.  “Functional” is a stop along the way to disaster and total loss given the time.  One never gets into a reverse on their own.  They have to surrender.  Otherwise, they will be functional while selfish, fearful and resentful/angry.  I find it best to examine my heart, my insides, through meditation each day, to see where I might be merely functional rather than happy, joyous and free of the mess for that day.