Never Let Anything Cause You Trouble...

A quote from Catherine McAuley;

Never let anything cause you trouble or disquiet, which is not an offense against God.

The other day I was doing some reflecting upon some decisions I needed to make in the next few weeks. The disquiet I had was such that I really needed to sit down and pray about things and look at stuff logically and spiritually so that the decisions I make would be in harmony from within and from without. In doing so, I had peace of mind.

That , I think, is what Catherine was trying to say. Other ways to say it would be, "Don't sweat the small stuff." or "Choose your battles."

Really, would it matter a hundred years from now?... Or even ten years?... Sometimes we stew over lots of little things that really stress us out and have so little consequence in the whole of the future of our lives. The most important would be to address the big stuff, big in God's eyes-the stuff of which offends God. If I would be more about rightness and justice, mercy and compassion, I would not have to stew over the small stuff.

And what about you?

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