1: Love and People
1. “Dear young boys and girls, today’s world doesn’t know how to cry. The emarginated people, those left to one side, are crying. Those who are discarded are crying. But we don’t understand much about these people in need. Certain realities of life we only see through eyes cleansed by our tears.”
Oftentimes, we are blinded by our uncertainties that forbids us from seeing the other side of those who are in need. In this statement, it reminds me to empathize and sympathize for those who are currently suffering. I asked myself: have I learned how to weep? Have I learned how to weep for the emarginated or for a street child who has a drug problem or for an abused child? Have I learned how to weep for the vulnerable people who has emotional and physical wounds? Have I learned how to weep for those who are belittled and deprived individuals who experienced a set down? These are the questions that struck me and my system. It made me realize to be more sensitive whatever the situation is whether I have much or I have little.
2. “To learn how to love. This is the challenge that life offers you: to learn bow to love. Not just to accumulate information without knowing what to do with it. But through that love let that information bear fruit.For this the Gospel offers us a serene way forward: using the three languages of the mind, heart and hands – and to use them in harmony.”
In our generation, there are doubts that dwelt among us. We are so afraid of verbalizing what we really feel and sometimes it becomes a reason to weaken our courage. Deep down, we know how to act in a certain situation but at the end, we hold back and do the wrong thing instead the right ones. This opened my eyes to stand firm with what I know and what I believe right and stand up against the wrong deeds that can affect my community.
3. “Allow yourselves to be surprised by God. Don’t be afraid of surprises. They shake the ground beneath our feet and make us insecure, but they move us forward in the
Oftentimes, we are blinded by our uncertainties that forbids us from seeing the other side of those who are in need. In this statement, it reminds me to empathize and sympathize for those who are currently suffering. I asked myself: have I learned how to weep? Have I learned how to weep for the emarginated or for a street child who has a drug problem or for an abused child? Have I learned how to weep for the vulnerable people who has emotional and physical wounds? Have I learned how to weep for those who are belittled and deprived individuals who experienced a set down? These are the questions that struck me and my system. It made me realize to be more sensitive whatever the situation is whether I have much or I have little.
2. “To learn how to love. This is the challenge that life offers you: to learn bow to love. Not just to accumulate information without knowing what to do with it. But through that love let that information bear fruit.For this the Gospel offers us a serene way forward: using the three languages of the mind, heart and hands – and to use them in harmony.”
In our generation, there are doubts that dwelt among us. We are so afraid of verbalizing what we really feel and sometimes it becomes a reason to weaken our courage. Deep down, we know how to act in a certain situation but at the end, we hold back and do the wrong thing instead the right ones. This opened my eyes to stand firm with what I know and what I believe right and stand up against the wrong deeds that can affect my community.
3. “Allow yourselves to be surprised by God. Don’t be afraid of surprises. They shake the ground beneath our feet and make us insecure, but they move us forward in the