Life lived on the Shore
Tuesday, 23rd week in Ordinary Time
1 Cor 6: 1-11; Lk 6: 12-19
We have seen people playing on the sea shore, or we ourselves would have done it. There is so much of fun with the ever active waves and the quick moving sand. But that is not what the sea is all about, it may just be a tiny fraction of the reality called the ocean. At times looking at the way life is lived today, it gives us a feeling of the activity on the shore, merely the shore. Is life truly lived in its depth? So much of uneasiness and boredom, jealousy and envy, fights and frictions, greed and competition, hatred and indifference...what does it all indicate? A life lived on the shore, not in its depth.
One of the chief elements of a life lived in its depth would be discernment - taking time to understand what is the right thing to be done at the right time. If only a person takes a few moments every day, or before every important decision, a few moments to go into oneself, understand the situation around, empathise with the persons involved, take stock of the true issues that are at stake and then decide on the best of the options available, that would make a huge difference for oneself and for every one around. How many people we see today, apparently ruining their own life, living in total unhappiness and misery, all because they are satisfied living their life merely on the shore!
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