Advent 2015 began yesterday

2016 Catholic Missal
Yesterday. It was fun to be the first to open this book.

 

Advent 2015 began yesterday.

Most years it goes by in a blur.

Why?

When will it stop feeling rushed?

Yesterday began the new year (2016) for the Catholic Church.

 

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What God cares about

Disney Leadership Keynote Speaker
A Keynote slide i use in my speeches. Which begs the question here – what is the silver bullet for religion?

 

Ok. We can probably find disagreement (which improves understanding) by process of elimination.

Does God care where we worship? i’m sticking with no. Going to Church doesn’t prove anything to God.

God only cares that we love. Yes. And by love, we embellish and lavish every good word that is associated with love: compassion, forgiveness, hope, passion, faith, gratitude, caring, respect, empathy, evangelization (through good deeds, not speeches), joy, humility, strength, etc, etc.

God only cares that we allow ourselves to be loved. Yes. If we only love, we will dry up. If we only allow ourselves to be loved, we are selfish. To love and be loved – God is Love – give it and receive it. Breathe in, breathe out.

 

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What happens two people see the same thing, under different lens?

Vacant land near Disney World
No, we are not on Safari. Our cousin is taking a picture of her empty lot near Walt Disney World.

 

Florida field
Yesterday we found a path in an overgrown lot.

 

One family (who lives there) accepts that the weeds are eight feet tall because they never saw the growth because it was insidiously slow.

Another family sees the growth for the first time and is astounded at how out of control the weeds are.

Two people see the same thing, under different lenses.

It’s the same with religion.

Same with attitude.

 

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Gradually, we see a broader view of our world

Cracker Barrel breakfast menu
The juxtaposition of not having enough food versus having to “Loosen your belt” is striking – and perhaps, wrong. We spontaneously stopped for breakfast on the way home from volunteering.

 

After 16 years of delivering Food For Families on the mornings of Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter, the purpose is finally starting to bloom. Our son (now 15) is gradually having a broader view of the world and can tangibly realize that helping people in need is a good and decent thing to do.

 

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Delivering Food For Families this Thanksgiving morning

Epcot parking lot row marker
So coincidental that we parked in this row (16, as in the number of volunteer years) at Epcot yesterday.

 

Delivering Food For Families this Thanksgiving morning. We began doing this in 1999, the year before our son was born. We then did it on Christmas morning 1999, and Easter morning 2000. Those are the three times each year it’s offered.

Our son was born later that year, 2000, and we’ve been doing this three times a year for 16 years.

Each of the 48 mornings seem so insignificant by themselves.

Note: We missed this past Christmas due to a Family visit in Pennsylvania.

 

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