Note to God

The intellectual allure of pessimism has been known for ages. John Stuart Mill wrote in the 1840s: “I have observed that not the man who hopes when others despair, but the man who despairs when others hope, is admired by a large class of persons as a sage. But a Christian hopes regardless of despair or not. Our optimism and cheerfulness isn't a foolish naivety.  Omnia in bonum

3 words - God in us. What a powerful reality. That God dwells in us, by the virtue of baptism. God in us. It is a reality which if Christians become fully aware of this reality, the world would be transformed.  God in us. 

My God, it is extraordinary that you should ask us to love you. Given who you are, and who we are, you ought to forbid us to do so. But even if you forbid us to love you, I will still love you secretly.

Source: Power of Silence

 that there are three things that fill us with gladness in this life and that will bring us the eternal happiness of Heaven: a firm, refined, joyful and unquestioning fidelity to the faith, to the vocation that each of us has received, and to purity.

We need to bring things to the mass. Our sacrifice. Our offering. To the mass.then mass is more meaningful, united to sacrifice of chist. 

Remember Augustine, Francis, men of failures but who conquered and with the desire to fulfill the will of God, became saints  It's a test of rectitude of intention - not to glorify ourselves but God. It's important to be detached, success or failure.  Most important is charity, not success nor failure.  One dad keep checking in with children: Instead of "how did you feel, ask: How did you fail?" Failure is a little death. But faith doesn't make us scared of death. For death brings us eternal life. Same as failure. It's a little life. We become wiser, we know more through failure  When we experience failure, we know what not to do. We need objectivity and humility to confront failure. Don't fear failure. We become afraid of trying new things. 

Need order. Time to start work. Time to end work. Rest with others instead of just yourself.