Note to God

To give thanks To say sorry What we can do things better

Full of people? Full of materials? Full of yourself?

Work not for perfection, but for love.  - Isodoro That's why we work. How should we work? For whom am i working? Sanctify myself - through how we do things. With humility, care in the words we use. Not just being efficient, but with consideration of others in the words we use.  My boss says- draft an email such there all questions are answered. And your boss can only say ok. 

Poverty is a state that brings good and man closer together. It's the poor that's elevated in the bible. God is poor and he loves poor people. God is poor because God is love and love is poor. God is absolute poverty, in him, no trace of possessiveness.  Poverty is a test of love and fidelity to his commandments.  It unburdens us of all that is heavy and that weighs down our progress towards what is essential. If helps us rediscover the true values of life.  That man does not live on bread alone, but from every word that comes from the mouth of God

Sometimes, we want to get things done.  And as a result, we don't put enough thought. We don't study the matter well enough. So maybe it's good to say noted, allow me to study the matter before getting back to u. 

In the Work all this comes true if the Mass is the centre and root of our interior life ... so that for us our whole day is a continual act of worship, a prolongation of one Mass and a preparation for the next one. This overflows into aspirations, visits to the Blessed Sacrament, and the offering of our work, and into all the Norms of piety and Customs with which our life is interwoven.

It is easy to get bogged down trying to find the optimal plan for change: the fastest way to lose weight, the best program to build muscle, the perfect idea for a side hustle. We are so focused on figuring out the best approach that we never get around to taking action. As Voltaire once wrote, “The best is the enemy of the good.”

St Josemaria  Serviam  Crossing forehead, lips and heart All my thoughts, all my words, all my works are given to you O Lord. Allow me to give them out of love. 

Mindset shifting - transition feeling of burden into moments of opportunities I have to pray I get to pray The key point is that both versions of reality are true. You have to do those things, and you also get to do them. We can find evidence for whatever mind-set we choose. I once heard a story about a man who uses a wheelchair. When asked if it was difficult being confined, he responded, “I’m not confined to my wheelchair—I am liberated by it. If it wasn’t for my wheelchair, I would be bed-bound and never able to leave my house.” This shift in perspective completely transformed how he lived each day. Reframing your habits to highlight their benefits rather than their drawbacks is a fast and lightweight way to reprogram your mind and make a habit seem more attractive.

Let us strive resolutely, in both great and small things, to prevent a materialistic culture from smothering the good soil of our heart and of the places where we live (cf. Mt 13:22). When poverty is neglected, the desire to help God’s love take root in other souls inevitably fades. In this regard, St. Josemaría linked this virtue very directly with apostolic zeal: “Detach yourself from the goods of the world. Love and practice poverty of spirit: be content with what enables you to live a simple and sober life. Otherwise, you will never be an apostle” (The Way, no. 631). A lack of apostolic zeal often reflects a life softened by material compensations that dull the soul