Work is not everything, but when you are doing work that doesn’t engage you or, worse yet, work that you despise, it can massively affect every other aspect of your life. It is simply impossible to create enduring happiness without finding an approach to work that allows you to thrive. Ideally this means finding work that you are passionate about, but even if you are not in your dream job – or don’t know what your dream job would be – there are ways to thrive at work.
We are not here to solve the problems; the problems are here to solve us. This is one of the supernatural mysteries of our journeys here on earth.
The glory of God is the perfection of the creature.” There is no better way to honor life and God than to strive to become the – best – version – of – yourself.
Catherine of Sienna wrote, “If you are what you should be you will set the whole world on fire.
Some books find us at just the right time in our lives and those books change our lives forever. I hope this is that kind of book for you.
If you do not, you will not.
There are some questions that we all ask ourselves in different ways: Who am I? Who is God? What am I here for? What matters most? What matters least? What are my unique talents and abilities? What will my contribution be? What happens when we die?
Quite simply, if our life of prayer is inconsistent, our ability to do or know God’s will throughout the day will have the same inconsistency.
Thoughts create actions. Actions create habits. Habits create character.
God loves ordinary things. The world is always trying to seduce us with the extraordinary. The culture fills our hearts and minds with spectacular dreams about hitting home runs, but life is about getting up every day and hitting a single.
Working halfheartedly may reap you the same financial compensation as working with all your heart and soul, but it will slowly begin to rot your heart and mind and soul. Humans were not designed for halfheartedness.
What prevents you from surrendering yourself completely to God?
Thomas More was widely regarded as a man of impeccable character and meticulous honesty. People trusted his judgment, and his refusal to sign sent a message to the people of England. He didn’t speak out against the acts; he simply refused to sign or say anything at all. But one honest man’s silence is louder than all the words of ten thousand dishonest men.
If you sense that something is missing in your life, stop ignoring it. Start paying attention to it. God is trying to tell you something.
A world without truth would be a world without joy and meaning.
Paul was abundantly clear in 1 Thessalonians 4:3 that the very will of God is our holiness. God wants us to live holy lives, grow in character and virtue, and become the-best-version-of-ourselves.
The first problem is we don’t believe holiness is possible. The second problem is we don’t believe we can change the world.
People don’t do anything until they are inspired, but once they are inspired there is almost nothing they won’t do.
The world has written us off. Lots of our own Christian brothers and sisters have given up on us. But I have not given up. Not even close. And not only have I not given up, I can see the path back.
Are we willing to change? I hope so. Almost every person I speak to about the future of Catholicism says, “The Church really needs to change,” or something to that effect. What we perhaps forget in making this statement is that we are the Church, and so the real question becomes: Are you willing to change? Am I willing to change?