Tag: Catholic

We are living in curious times where everyone seems to have their own truth based on their lens of life and personal perspective. Layered on the powerful tool of AI, which generates information based on the information it receives, critical thinking is becoming more important to discern what is truth.

On the spiritual journey, we begin to understand the gifts we’ve been given.  As we discover our true desires and with the grace of God, they become oriented towards the good.  I’m discovering I want to be filthy rich:

One of the greatest dangers in spiritual life is to fall into the trap of auto-salvation, the conviction that we can be saved through our own heroic moral effort. The principal problem with such a strategy is that it results in the strengthening of the very egotism that we hope to overcome.

What is your mission, your calling? Our highest purpose is to love and as we love God, our true nature is uncovered to love each other as ourselves.  This is building God’s Kingdom and how we spread the good news.

Lately I’ve been pondering how my perspective is one of scarcity rather than abundance. I’m waking up to this mindset through God’s living word that speaks to me through prayer and scripture during our time together each morning. My recent request to God has been to be loyal and faithful in all the circumstances of my life. This desire of mine has been one of many throughout the ages. 

Today is my 15th Wedding Anniversary to a man who fulfills all the promises of what I hoped marriage would be.  I’m blessed beyond measure to be in an intimate communion of life and love with this kind, generous, supportive man that I respect and love dearly. 

As an extrovert who is high energy and who likes to get things accomplished, I have to be mindful when I need to slow down, recharge, and be still to counter the busyness I naturally gravitate towards. I recently heard a talk on the “busyness epidemic” of our world today and its impact on us finding meaning and purpose.  It’s in the silence where we connect with our true self, where we can be still and know ourselves and who we are. 

The mind is a terrible thing to waste. I remember the days of PSAs, with the egg-searing in a hot pan helping us visualize our brains on drugs being particularly memorable.  I agree with this message when it comes to drugs and alcohol and the devastating effects they have on the development of our brains. But not so much on the spiritual journey.