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I keep losing focus this morning – why does all of this not light a fire within me?
I find myself thinking of “Sheldon Cooper” from the Big Bang Theory: he was it seems a genius who thought himself to be better than any other. It would seem that in trying to prove ourselves as better than any others our lives and the world that we live in can become small, empty and lonely… If we try to turn the spotlight of life on ourselves, we will become blinded and quite unable to see the goodness and many gifts of love and beauty of the other(s). I am unable to ignore the fact that if try I do everything for the Lord, seeing all through the eyes of the Lord and living that out, then our focus changes and moves to the other(s).
Even recognizing and seeing everything through that lens, we still find ourselves at times trying to focus on ourselves rather than allowing the other to see our wounds and vulnerabilities.
It is then that we might experience the Lord or experiencing the love of others who are like Eugene offering us the experience of hearing “I bless you and embrace you tenderly”…
“I forgive you, I love you.
You are mine, take my hand;
Go in peace, sin no more
Beloved one.” (The Redemptorists)