Father H. reminded us of a quote by Mother Teresa today: "It is not success that is important, but our faithfulness."
The whole homily today was a good reminder: don't rest on your success, or what you think is your success. You can always strive to do better at what's really important: being faithful to the Will of God--letting God be your Shepherd.
I remembered a phrase my dad used to say when he was fed up with doing something that wouldn't come out exactly right: "Good enough is good enough." That's one thing when you are painting a wall, washing a window or baking a pie. Total perfection is perhaps not very necessary there. But when you are serving God, serving others--does God deserve any less than your best effort?
The whole homily today was a good reminder: don't rest on your success, or what you think is your success. You can always strive to do better at what's really important: being faithful to the Will of God--letting God be your Shepherd.
I remembered a phrase my dad used to say when he was fed up with doing something that wouldn't come out exactly right: "Good enough is good enough." That's one thing when you are painting a wall, washing a window or baking a pie. Total perfection is perhaps not very necessary there. But when you are serving God, serving others--does God deserve any less than your best effort?
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