In the midst of Work, pause and think

For the past weeks, I have spent all my afternoons and early evenings in the school. I was mapping out strategies, tying enactments, monitoring the affairs of the day, and just having a good time. Together with other CSG officers, we are setting the stage for this incoming school year. And then it came to me. I began to contemplate why on Earth are we investing so much time, brain power, and energy for this job. We are not even paid to do so yet we do it. I think it is high time to pause for a moment and evaluate why we are doing this in the present context. It all started with a decision to pursue the mission in CSG yet it wonders me what sustains that day to day decision to commit to such mission? Ambition is not enough, credibility at stake is not enough, the future benefits are not enough, prestige is not enough because if all of these things fuel the drive, then it is unstable because this is one aspect of life which is temporary, uncertain, and always in flux. It could also be poisonous because you start to treat the mission as a means to an end, not an end in itself. Our passion must be rooted somewhere stable, something everlasting, something constant and something more than our egos. That is the absolute source of our lives -God, expressed through our spirituality and faith. Realigning our intentions with this truth is difficult yet when it is aligned, it will unleash an insurmountable amount of energy, a sort of divine inspiration that will forever change how you see and act in the world. You begin to seek meaning even to the simplest thing, even in suffering and by doing so become grateful of all the graces received and become sensitive of our thoughts and actions. We begin to do our duty because it is our duty (an end in itself), not because it is expected of us. As a sort of seed, Faith needs to be reinforced by prayer and by reading his word in the Bible, in the skies, in the stories of people, in the histories of our lives. Finding purpose and meaning is fundamental in a life fully lived, and a mission fully accomplished.