The summer has revolved around mom's health and care. I am embracing my ministry more fully. Not all is right with the world of course, but the world is never ALL right. It is how we respond to the world that dictates whether or not we ourselves are doing ok. I like the quote attributed to President Abraham Lincoln:
"Most people are as happy as they make up their minds to be."
There is a lot of power... and personal responsibility to be found in those words. If my personal happiness and peace are, in the end, up to me, I need to be mindful of those days where I feel broken and unhappy. Not that I shouldn't feel those things - circumstances always have a hand in how we are feeling. And there are oh so many reasons for sorrow and anger, and it is even worse with a chemical imbalance like depression. I am not talking about that; I mean when I wallow in them instead of letting them go int heir own good time. At that point, I have made a conscious decision to deny myself happiness and peace.
And I don't have to do that anymore.
Daily Mass readings
Judges 6:11-24a
Psalm 96:1-2a, 2b-3, 4-5
Matthew 19:23-30
Memorial of The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary
