Due to the recent flood of fantastic blogs I’ve read that I realize that I, desiring to be like one of them, need to blog as well.
I haven’t been to mass 4 (because weekday masses start on Tuesdays) days a week. I have been to a Monday mass on the first day that school started for me. It was unnerving, odd and it felt weird. I have never left my desk to go to Mass on any Monday. I have never dressed so shabby (I mean that in the best way) on a Monday. I never woke up so late and having much free time, yes, on a Monday.
Two weeks of school have come and gone. I sort of have a routine and life will only get busier from here. I have a final next week, no word from my prof on the exact date. I have successfully coordinated one event last Thursday, PWN a week before and a career fair to attend to on Tuesday. I collected rent a couple of weeks ago and I applied to join a monthly property tax program.
Does that look busy? For some people yes, but for people like me who thrive on 12 hour days and few breaks, and still manage to claim 7 hours for sleep at night, it’s like partying for a long time. Which comes to the question: Do people do enough?
The last few masses I’ve been to, just a few and far off in between, have been talking about saints. Their lives are nothing special, except for the fact that they fully relied on God. They realized that no matter what they do, they will only make a small dent on the damage we call society. Still, they do it, for God and no one else.
Do I do enough? I don’t think so. And no, I don’t think I should cram my already bursting daytimer with more activities. I think I should take more time in putting more details in my life: a small prayer before an event, a thank you one after, a sigh of joy for everyone that made it, thanking them for coming, being there for people when they’re in need and asking for help when I need some as well.
Truth is: God controls time. Your routine may be the best, but once God takes your life, what do you have left? Your working on God’s clock, bro.
