Saving our energy

Have you ever arrived home exhausted? Often the act of repeating our schedules over and over again leaves us mentally exhausted. Already without strength even to share our time with family at the dinner table, perhaps we even go to bed without saying goodnight. We assume tasks that we later find hard to specify, we take care of issues that should not be our responsibility, and we easily lose focus of what is truly important. We do not pay attention to how we are behaving ourselves, much less to how that begins to impact our brethren.


When we are being dragged by the rhythm that we impose on ourselves, we may put aside what really makes us good. The only one who can grant us peace again is Our Lord. Because only He can witness the effort and the way in which we try to be better Christians every day. In silence, He will be observing each of our choices and rewarding us by giving us peace of mind so that we will not face an overwhelming feeling. Daily things may involve us in dynamics where we believe that everything is urgent and that nothing can wait, and taking a minute to meditate and be with God, will give us the clarity we need in order to address the different issues.