Mother Teresa has said that the task is not to do big things but to “do small things with great love.” We invite you to scan your nation, our planet, and the natural world and ask where is there suffering, especially innocent suffering, that you might respond to with love. -- Fr Richard's Daily Bulletin, date unnoted.
That is a big invite...to scan our natural world to find innocent suffering that we might respond with love.
My thoughts skipped a worldwide search and went to my small world...to a fairly minor error in judgment I made recently that may or may not have bruised the sensibilities of a dear acquaintance.
My quandary is whether to bring the error to the other's attention and learn they had not even noticed it (and now....), or to not bring it up and learn they are growing a resentment because of it.
The spiritual quandary is how to solve this so that each party comes out the winner.
Maybe "the winner" is the sharing of warm feelings through the realization that God's will, God's way ever proves no error made, just an opportunity to love given and grown.
My definition of "winner" -- all parties feel the presence of God in the midst of a quandary and love and laugh.
Thank you.
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