If you make the honest effort
to seek God in your heart,
you will find him.
The problem most people have is
that they don’t even try.
Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.
Jesus (Mt 7:7-8 )
Life is like a powerful stream that flows calmly along.
But we are like a crowd of mice in it, struggling fiercely against the current.
All our selfish striving is in vain. The stream is much stronger than us.
Therefore, he advises us to let him lead.
After all, he knows the destination much better.
So let’s turn around and enjoy the ride.
With new-found serenity, we now contemplate the landscapes through which the river takes us.
Oh, what beauty has remained hidden from us until now in the splashing of our misguided efforts.
To endure our neighbors and to respond with love to the pain they inflict on us is one of the most important spiritual exercises of our daily lives.
When we respond to an irritation with attack, we have missed an opportunity for growth. But when we respond with love, not only do we grow ourselves, but in doing so we break a vicious cycle of attack and counterattack that can send its ripples around the entire planet.
Often, we wish for a hermitage where we can meditate or pray undisturbed by other people. But what good is all the meditation or prayer if we replace the bliss we received there with anger at the slightest irritation?
Doesn’t our true strength show itself when we keep our cool in unfavorable conditions?
For what does the warrior train if not for war?
The beauty of the moment is breathtaking.
The sight of it leads to a heart full of happiness and bliss.
Too often we seek happiness in the possibilities of the future.
Or we look for it in the memories of the past.
But it is not to be found here.
Here we find only our conception of it.
A faint reflection of reality.
Instead, stop and open your senses with all your might.
Look at the very moment with new eyes.
And even the familiar will unfold a new beauty,
that will still your thirst for happiness eternally.
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