But now we must celebrate and rejoice, because your brother was dead and has come to life again; he was lost and has been found. - Luke 15:32
Often we go astray from God and the
people around us. Often we become too succumbed into our work that we don’t
even bother to spare even a minute for talking to others, let alone God.
Recently, I’ve been working too
much, all my energy and time taken up like a sponge by school and studying. I
wake up at 6 am, just giving 30 seconds to Thank God for another day. Is that
even enough? No. I realize now that it’s insulting to God to just give him 30
seconds of your time when He gave you one lifetime. Then everyone sits at the
table and takes breakfast. Everyone stirs up a healthy conversation but then
I’m too preoccupied by what’s gonna happen on that day, thus I don’t get to
take part in the conversation. I leave, go to school for 12 hours and go home
at night. I take my dinner with the family, still preoccupied of the things I
have to do. After accomplishing on my list, I go to bed, try to sleep. But then
the feeling of loneliness engulfs me like a tidal wave. I realize that for the
whole day for months now, I’ve been desolate...Encapsulated in my monastic cell.
Jesus formed a community. And
although Jesus was alone at times, He never severed the bond and relationships
He had while still on earth. He connected to people no matter how much stuff he
had to do. He always took an ample amount of time to pray and talk to our
Father and to strengthen relationship with others.
I am not alone. We are not alone.
We are not instinctively a non-social being, It is embedded in our genes that
we have the drive and the need to be connected. Let’s give our time and effort
to the people that love us and the people we love back. Trust me, I’ve
experienced both ends of a situation wherein a person took me for granted and I
did the same to him. Now we’re stuck in circles finding ways to come back to
each other to no avail. It’s not a nice
experience.
Don’t let relationships just die on
their own. Communication is important. Connection is significant. God is always
looking for ways for us to confide in Him, we should reciprocate. We become
more like Jesus when we become a communitarian.
Remember that moments pass by with
each tick of the clock and we are not getting any younger.
-Bea del Fierro
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