In this imaginative and subtly humorous piece, the author looks at the six-member “Board of Directors” who help him to run the “business” of living a good life.–Editor
If you haven’t realised by now, maybe it’s time that you do; yes, there is something wrong with me. I talk to myself. I have conversations in my head and at times out loud. Sometimes I don’t even recognise myself because of the way I act. Other times, I am surprised with what comes out of my mouth and, worst of all, as St Paul once confessed, I do not do the good which I desire to do, but the evil which I do not desire, I do! Doesn’t that sound like insanity? Well, if you relate to that, welcome to the club!
Imagine that for years on end at the beginning of each year I would spend a few days working on my resolutions—making lists of the things I wanted to grow in, or eliminate in my life, things which hinder my growth, things I would want to achieve in the coming year, and which, by Jesus’ Baptismal feast, I would literally or deliberately forget. For this reason, I stopped taking New Year resolutions.
At times I really question myself. At times I do worry that maybe I do not have the internal structure, the stamina to stick to do whatever I plan to do. Soon I would lose interest and energy and fall in the usual rut and then frustrate myself more and more because I am not achieving the goals I had planned (mind you, I would try to involve God in my New Year’s resolutions).
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Brother Carmel Duca MC
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