"Some lose their health to make money...
and then lose their money to restore their health.
Some live as if they will never die,
and die as though they had never lived."
In our lives, in the way we live, there are a lot ironies.
Many of us "like headless chicken", scamper around, aimlessly.
Some work, and work, and work, and yet remain unfulfilled.
Some seek leisure, more leisure, endless leisure, and yet remain deeply, unhappy.
Some enter into one relationship, to another, and another, and yet remain incomplete.
Some accumulate wealth, more wealth, and more wealth, and yet remain uncontented.
Many of us go through life but not find meaning.
Something in us seeks something more than what the world can offer.
This is because we are in this world, but we are not of this world. Genesis tells us, that we are made in the image and likeness of God. St. Augustine shares his insight: God has made us for himself. Our hearts are restless, until they rest in God.
This of course, we know. But often, we forget. And we remember only when we find time to reflect, to look into ourselves, to listen to God.
Prayer and our day to day activities are like two oars of the boat of our lives. If we keep rowing with only one, we will reach nowhere. We keep rowing and rowing, and we seem to move. Move yes, but only in circles. The boat of our lives would move only if we row with both oars - the oar of prayer and action - the oar of listening to God, and the oar of acting, working for a better life.
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