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Five daily blogs about life's 5 big choices on five different sites.
“One of the great dichotomies we face is that because our lives are so complicated, we don’t have time for ourselves. And at the same time, we often keep our lives so complicated, so we don’t have to address some of our inner issues.” — Living The Simple Life
Good Friday and Easter are almost here.
Are you ready?
Does it cross you mind all year long?
What if it did?
Ignoring our human temptation is a slippery slope.
Carpe diem!
On a scale of 1 to 10, how consciously aware of each passing moment are you?
It’s challenging isn’t it?
To be fully present. All of the time.
As we were driving to Church yesterday morning, I told Cheryl that parking will be a challenge.
Why?
Because yesterday was Passion Sunday.
But I was wrong.
The parking lot was not overflowing.
There was no standing room only.
Vacant parking spaces.
(Those attending held a palm and waved it back and forth as the alter boys and alter girls, Eucharistic Ministers, the Lectors, the Deacon, and the Priest proceeded through the congregation)
And there was something else.
Vacant seats.
Life is hard. Time marches on.
And so is every other day.
Today’s preparations include the usual:
We leave in less than an hour, and by 9:00AM, I’ll be standing in front of nearly 1,500 Parishioners at Holy Family Catholic Church.
As a Lector (reader), I will speak God’s Holy Word to them. It’s over in less than two minutes.
It may be the only scripture they hear all week.
Can you comprehend this?
All week.
This is all they’ll get.
Sunday is what you make it.
And so is every moment of every day.
There are people who have so much passion for what they do, they make the status quo look like amateurs.
Not everyone can handle the pressure that comes from such passion.
Some wait their whole lives for it.
And some, well, it’s who they are.
It’s a manifestation of some higher purpose.
A higher calling.
They make sacrifices.
Some unintentional.
Some, unwanted.
Important things can suffer.
There is no easy answer.
There is no “one correct way”.
It’s a two-way street.
This is what makes it such a gamble.
Either way.
Taking risks is risky. And so is playing it safe.
Pick one.
But try not to pick the wrong one.