There is a story frequently told of a Hindu servant boy who asked his master what a man had to do to become wise.
The master took him into the Ganges river and held his head under water for several seconds.
“What did you think of while I was holding your head down?” asked the master.
“Only one thing,” replied the servant, “I wanted air.”
M: “How badly did you want air?”
S: “More than anything else in the world.”
M: “Did you think of wealth or rewards or ambitions?”
S: “No master, only air.”
“Very well, my son, when you want wisdom as you just wanted air, then you will become wise.”
Bk33.23
Sunday
drifter..
When a beggar asked a lady for a handout, she replied: “I’ll give you a dollar, not because you deserve it but because it makes me feel good to do so.” The drifter responded, “Thank you ma’am, but how about making it ten dollars and thoroughly enjoy yourself.”
Bk20.26
Bk20.26
Tuesday
do what you can..
You can't control the length of your life..
But you can control its width and depth.
You can't control the contour of your face..
But you can control its expression.
You can't control the weather..
But you can control the atmosphere of your mind.
Why worry about things you can't control;
when you can keep busy controlling the things..
that depend on you.
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But you can control its width and depth.
You can't control the contour of your face..
But you can control its expression.
You can't control the weather..
But you can control the atmosphere of your mind.
Why worry about things you can't control;
when you can keep busy controlling the things..
that depend on you.
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Friday
example..
“One must not think that a person who is suffering is not praying. He is offering up his sufferings to God, and many a time he is praying much more truly than one who goes away by himself and meditates his head off and, if he has squeezed out a few tears, thinks that is a prayer.” St. Teresa of Avila
These are strong words from St. Teresa. Many times we are caught up with seeking out pleasures in this world, with disregard of God’s plan for us. If we seek only happiness in this life, we will have received our heaven here on earth. We should mean what we say when we pray the ‘Our Father’; we say ‘Thy will be done’, not ‘my will be done'.
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These are strong words from St. Teresa. Many times we are caught up with seeking out pleasures in this world, with disregard of God’s plan for us. If we seek only happiness in this life, we will have received our heaven here on earth. We should mean what we say when we pray the ‘Our Father’; we say ‘Thy will be done’, not ‘my will be done'.
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Monday
an unexpected treat
A young lad entered a very busy diner on a beautiful but hot Saturday afternoon, and stood waiting in line. When it was his turn he asked the waitress at the counter how much it cost for a double scoop of ice cream on a cone. She answered a bit impatiently, “It’s fifty cents”.
So he dug awkwardly into his pockets and brought out all his change. After carefully counting he asked, “How much is it for a single scoop?” The line-up was getting longer now and she said quickly, “It’s 35 cents for a single scoop”. So he again counted and then exclaimed, “OK then I’ll have a single scoop please”. She quickly scooped the ice cream and gave it to him with the bill. After enjoying and finishing the ice cream she saw him go to the cash register and pay his bill. He waved good-bye and said, “Thanks Ma’am”. She waved and then went to pick up his plate. Upon staring at the counter she almost started to cry; for this young boy decided on the single in order to leave her a 15 cent tip!
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So he dug awkwardly into his pockets and brought out all his change. After carefully counting he asked, “How much is it for a single scoop?” The line-up was getting longer now and she said quickly, “It’s 35 cents for a single scoop”. So he again counted and then exclaimed, “OK then I’ll have a single scoop please”. She quickly scooped the ice cream and gave it to him with the bill. After enjoying and finishing the ice cream she saw him go to the cash register and pay his bill. He waved good-bye and said, “Thanks Ma’am”. She waved and then went to pick up his plate. Upon staring at the counter she almost started to cry; for this young boy decided on the single in order to leave her a 15 cent tip!
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Friday
jottings..
You cannot get rid of your temper by losing it. Bk19.46
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Some people are carried away by the sound of their own voice, but not far enough. Bk19.46
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Some people are carried away by the sound of their own voice, but not far enough. Bk19.46
in God's will is our peace..
A writer tells us of going with a party down into a coal mine. On the side of the gang-way grew a plant which was perfectly white. The visitors were astonished that there, where the coal dust was continually flying, this little plant should be so pure and white. A miner who was with them took a handful of coal-black dust and threw it upon the plant, but not a particle adhered. Every atom of the dust rolled off. The visitors themselves repeated the experiment, but the coal dust would not cling. There was a particular enamel on the folds of the white plant to which not even the finest speck of the black dust could adhere. Living there amid the clouds of black dust, nothing could stain its snowy whiteness.
This is a picture of Christian life. This is an evil world and we travel continually among the ungodly. Unholy influences breathe upon us, but it is our mission to remain pure amid all the vileness, undefiled and unspotted from this world. If God can keep a little flower stainless, white as snow, amid clouds of black dust; can He not keep hearts in likewise purity in this world of sin? He can—if we will but let Him! He did this for Mary, His sinless Mother. By His grace He can transform our hearts and life so that sin can no longer cling to them. Yes, in God’s will is OUR PEACE.
Bk23.Fwd.
This is a picture of Christian life. This is an evil world and we travel continually among the ungodly. Unholy influences breathe upon us, but it is our mission to remain pure amid all the vileness, undefiled and unspotted from this world. If God can keep a little flower stainless, white as snow, amid clouds of black dust; can He not keep hearts in likewise purity in this world of sin? He can—if we will but let Him! He did this for Mary, His sinless Mother. By His grace He can transform our hearts and life so that sin can no longer cling to them. Yes, in God’s will is OUR PEACE.
Bk23.Fwd.
Monday
everything is possible..
Some time ago a Muslim came up to a bishop who had come to Jerusalem with a group of pilgrims and asked him in a loud voice, to answer some questions regarding the Blessed Sacrament. When the bishop agreed, the Muslim asked “How is it possible for bread and wine to become the Body and Blood of Christ?”
The bishop replied: “You have not always been as tall as you are now. You have grown since childhood and today you have more flesh and blood than you had then. What is the reason for this? Your body changed the food you ate into flesh and blood. Now, if the human body can change food and drink into flesh and blood, surely God can do so too.”
Satisfied with this reply, the Islamite asked further: “But how is it possible for Christ to be present in his entirety in the small host?”
“The landscape that you see with the blue sky above it,” responded the bishop, “is something immense, while your eye is very small. Yet your tiny eye contains in itself the whole gigantic picture of the landscape. Does it then seem so impossible for Christ to be present in His entirety in the small host?”
“But how is it possible,” the Muslim continued, “for the same body of Christ to be present simultaneously in all your churches?”
“To God nothing is impossible,” answered the bishop. “This answer alone should be sufficient. However, do we not meet something similar in everyday life? When I speak to a single individual, he hears me and considers what I say. If I should address a thousand persons (via broadcast) they would all hear the same message. Or, when you look into a mirror you see your image reflected in it but once. When you break the mirror into a hundred pieces you see the same image of yourself in each one of the hundred fragments of glass. If such a phenomenon occurs in everyday life, how should it be impossible for the Body of our Lord to be present in many places at the same time?”
Bk21.8
The bishop replied: “You have not always been as tall as you are now. You have grown since childhood and today you have more flesh and blood than you had then. What is the reason for this? Your body changed the food you ate into flesh and blood. Now, if the human body can change food and drink into flesh and blood, surely God can do so too.”
Satisfied with this reply, the Islamite asked further: “But how is it possible for Christ to be present in his entirety in the small host?”
“The landscape that you see with the blue sky above it,” responded the bishop, “is something immense, while your eye is very small. Yet your tiny eye contains in itself the whole gigantic picture of the landscape. Does it then seem so impossible for Christ to be present in His entirety in the small host?”
“But how is it possible,” the Muslim continued, “for the same body of Christ to be present simultaneously in all your churches?”
“To God nothing is impossible,” answered the bishop. “This answer alone should be sufficient. However, do we not meet something similar in everyday life? When I speak to a single individual, he hears me and considers what I say. If I should address a thousand persons (via broadcast) they would all hear the same message. Or, when you look into a mirror you see your image reflected in it but once. When you break the mirror into a hundred pieces you see the same image of yourself in each one of the hundred fragments of glass. If such a phenomenon occurs in everyday life, how should it be impossible for the Body of our Lord to be present in many places at the same time?”
Bk21.8
Tuesday
the eagle
A man standing at Niagara Falls saw an eagle swoop down on a frozen lamb encased in a floating piece of ice. The eagle stood upon it as it drifted towards the rapids. Every now and then the eagle would proudly lift its head into the air to look around him as if to say: I am drifting towards danger, but I know what I am doing. I will fly away and make good my escape before it is too late.
When he neared the falls he stopped and spread his powerful wings and leaped for his flight; but alas, while he was feasting on the dead carcass, his claws had frozen to its fleece. He leaped and shrieked and beat upon the ice with his wings until the ice-frozen lamb and eagle went over the falls and down into the chasm and darkness below.
What a graphic picture of the sinner, intending to stop before he goes too far and risks being lost forever.
Bk21.43
When he neared the falls he stopped and spread his powerful wings and leaped for his flight; but alas, while he was feasting on the dead carcass, his claws had frozen to its fleece. He leaped and shrieked and beat upon the ice with his wings until the ice-frozen lamb and eagle went over the falls and down into the chasm and darkness below.
What a graphic picture of the sinner, intending to stop before he goes too far and risks being lost forever.
Bk21.43
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