Faith matters

It is faith that makes all the difference in the way we see, understand and act in a situation.
Lord, increase my faith ...
  Where some people might see trash, may I discover a hidden treasure;
  Where some people might see meaningless suffering, may I see a call to growth;
  Where some people might see deprivation, may I see a choice for the essential;
  Where some might see defeat, may I see renunciation for a higher good.
Every choice we make is based on what really matters to us. The challenge is to ask ourselves whether at the point of death they would really matter.

Obedience to God

The journey to interior freedom is a long and never-ending journey. We never arrive. The moment we think that we have everything figured out and we safely use categories, is a sign that we are off-course.
It doesn't mean, though, that we don't have principles or convictions. Nay, it means that we are open to look at our values and see shades of egoism and self-centeredness in them. It is to admit that our motivations are never perfectly pure.
Left to ourselves, our criteria of judgment are always relative.
And so we need the light of Someone higher than ourselves. I call this Someone God, others might use another name.
Our choices are a constant search and dialogue. And so the journey goes on and on.