LIFE IS USEFUL
You spend your life working, laboring and what do you have to show for it? – Ecclesiastes 1:3
It
is said that no one on their deathbeds ever wished they had spent more
time at the office. Often, dying people regret not having expressed
enough the love that they had for their families and friends, or not
having done more for others, or followed their heart’s dreams.
When
King Solomon concluded in his reflections that life is useless, I was
greatly disturbed. Indeed, life is useless when it is lived without a
purpose.
Life
is useless when we work to death pursuing success and acquiring
possessions that we must eventually leave behind when we die and forget
to love.
What
or who will give life its true meaning? It is the Lord. When we
discover and follow His purpose for our lives, we find joy that money
cannot buy. Life becomes meaningful when we serve others out of a cause
greater than ourselves. Life is useful when it is used to love others.
Life is not about things but about people. Let us use what we have now to love more. At the end of it all, only love remains. Marjorie Ann Duterte (marjorie.travels@gmail.com)
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REFLECTION:
“Men for the sake of getting a living forget to live.” (Margaret Fuller)
Dearest God, our time on earth is short. Help us to live wisely and obey Your purpose for us that we may find meaning in life. Amen.
St. Vincent de Paul, priest, pray for us.
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