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Tel: 62740251 Email: [email protected]
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There is an activity that has the power to steal our
sleep and even shorten our life, yet we still do it. What
is this activity? Worry.
We spend sleepless nights worrying about our
finances, jobs, children, pets, health, etc. There are,
however, some people who tend to suffer more than
the rest of us. They have the unfortunate gift of finding
the worst ever possible scenarios for every happening.
I did a search for the word history of worry with the
help of Mr Google. I found an article that interestingly
states the following:
“Worrying may shorten one's life, but not as
quickly as it once did. The ancestor of our word, Old
English wyrgan, meant "to strangle." Its Middle
English descendant, worien, kept this sense and
developed the new sense "to grasp by the throat with
the teeth and lacerate" or "to kill or injure by biting and
shaking." This is the way wolves or dogs might attack
sheep, for example. In the 16th century worry began
to be used in the sense "to harass, as by rough
treatment or attack," or "to assault verbally," and in the
17th century the word took on the sense "to bother,
distress, or persecute." It was a small step from this
sense to the main modern senses "to cause to feel
anxious or distressed" and "to feel troubled or
uneasy," first recorded in the 19th century.”
(from The Free Dictionary.Com )
St. Padre Pio gave a very simple advice: “Pray, hope
and don’t worry.” Don’t worry because it strangles us
and leaves us more vulnerable and helpless.
I remembered once a missionary told me a story
regarding an elderly lady in her mother’s village. When
told about the news that war was soon approaching,
the lady worried so much that she had a heart attack
and died. The war, however, did not even take place.
The villagers lived peacefully, and life went on as
usual.
Instead of worrying excessively, shouldn’t we take St
Padre Pio’s advice, “Pray, hope and don’t worry”?
I chanced upon a rather inspiring writing that goes
like this:
There are two days in every week about which we
should not worry, two days which should be kept free
from fear and apprehension. One of these days is
Yesterday with all its mistakes and cares,
its faults and blunders, its aches and pains.
Yesterday has passed forever beyond our control.
All the money in the world cannot bring back
Yesterday. We cannot undo a single act we
performed; we cannot erase a single word we said.
Yesterday is gone forever.
The other day we should not worry about is
Tomorrow with all its possible adversities, its
burdens, its large promise and its poor performance;
Tomorrow is also beyond our immediate
control. Tomorrow's sun will rise, either in splendour
or behind a mask of clouds, but it will rise. Until it
does, we have no stake in Tomorrow,
for it is yet to be born.
This leaves only one day, Today.
Any person can fight the battle of just one day. It is
when you and I add the burdens of those two awful
eternities Yesterday and Tomorrow that we break
down. It is not the experience of Today that drives a
person mad, it is the remorse or bitterness of
something which happened Yesterday and the dread
of what Tomorrow may bring.
Let us, therefore, Live but one day at a time.
One day at a time…let us choose to live one day at a
time. We pray to God to give us the strength to bear
the burdens of today. We carry in our hearts the
stubborn hope that pulls us to live and not give up!
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September 2014
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Sorting and pricing of items on the eve of sale
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Reading the clue that would lead to the next destination
Group selfies
The winners!
Charis Board Members & Associates Retreat
@ Choice Retreat Centre 27th -28th September
Leticia helped out and gave a session on Missionary spirituality to the members of the Caritas Humanitarian Aid and Relief Initiatives
(Charis).
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