People by default always think that
missionaries are happy people, and yes they are true, missionaries are indeed
happy people. However, happiness for missionaries does not mean without
desolation, pain or hurt. It is in fact filled with it. I remember countless
times people telling me, “There is so much joy in you.” But actually they don’t
know the desolation deep inside of me. My realization in mission is that if we
are to be joyful, all we need is to be contented and be happy with the joys of
others, so that even if we are not feeling good inside we can still be happy
because our consolation is that at least others are happy.
Missionaries can still find enough
reason to be happy. The secret (open
secret), I think, is that missionaries can still be happy because they
focus on others joy and for them that is enough reason to be happy.
Grant us the grace, O Lord, to feel
the joy of others so when confronted with our own desolation, we can still find
consolation in their joy. Amen.
by aats
Ikaw na ang bagong Saint ko. :)
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