THE ANSWER IS ALWAYS THE SAME

Per Gandhi, his life could be summed up in three words, "Renounce and enjoy."

Saint Augustine said, "Love, and do what you like."

I find it striking that those words fairly well describe the life of anyone who has given up the love of her life when that love, for some, was a compulsive addiction. The "and enjoy," the "and do what you like" are transmuted. No longer do we just do what we like for no longer do we search for "something," "something else," "something out there." Now we seek fulfillment through still more spiritual growth...from the inside out.

What makes the difference is that in renouncing, in loving, we start to live not for self-determined objectives but for God in others...and we don't get to choose what other(s).

It matters not who or what comes to us to be loved. It may be a feral cat or a low-life member of that other party...the answer is always the same, "Love and laugh." If we can't laugh at getting a member of that other party to love, we'll for sure get our own self...and at our worst. Love that! And laugh.

Thank you.