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Life a
its best
The Good Lite
If you take pan in any kind of regular worship, you've probably
heard a lot about what is called "The Good Life". Its become a 'buzz'
word that seems to imply one of two things.
Either your faith offers you a guarantee' that you will experience
only that which is pleasurable and desirable in life. Or, because .of
your beliefs, you will live a life of severe constraint, forsaking all the
pleasures our world has to offer.
From the moment we are born, we strive to grow up, achieve inde-
pendence, be mature, Sigmund Freud, the psychoanalysts, was once
asked, "What should a normal person be able to do?" His response,
"Love and Work".
Rev. David McKechnie, in his book Experiencing God's Pleasure,
adds to that "Play and Worship', and says then you're talking spiritual
maturity.
I was out to the 'Blessings Unlimited' store in Zurich with my
young daughter. As I was helping her select baby. clothes for her
dolls, three times the saleslady referred to me as 'the Grandmother!
I was glad I didn't have my 15 year old with me or she'd have been
calling me "Great -Granny'!
The truth is, we are young only once, but we can be immature in-
definitely! Maturity comes by design and the mark of maturity is to
be a person of joy and compassion - no matter what life throws your
way.
True maturity demands.a unifying principle in life. You see, every-
one has self-love. Its self -extension that is the benchmark of maturi-
ty. Preacher and author, Robert Schuller tells us that 'ego fulfillment
comes through service, no/Iatus.'
God has given to each of s, two incredible things: awesome abili-
ty 'and freedom of choice. The tragedy is - for the most part, most of
us have refused both!
There is so much in our world that is good and pleasurable; much
that is worthy of our desire. Of all the gifts that our faith offers -
God's gift of choice has to be the most powerful.
Maturity and living the 'good life' suggest that we somehow exer-
cise our right to choose. Whether we are able to enjoy what life toss-
es our way; our ability to accept challenges and never lose our lust
for life, are all dependent on our using, to the fullest, this gift of
choice.
Bill Glaser, in his seminar on 'Reality Therapy' stressed that no one
person can make us feel anything! If we are angry, its because we
have chosen to be angry. If we have a migraine, its because we have
chosen this as the most appropriate response we can make to the
stresses in our lives.
Given our knowledge, the information at hand, our understanding
of options and consequences, we choose to respond in a way that al-
ways seems most appropriate for us.
And if we can choose a negative or destructive ,response, we can
also learn to choose a positive response. So much of what we experi-
ence in life is what we ourselves have chosen to make of it.
Tim Hansel was an avid mountain -climber. One day, for some rea-
son, he looked down from the mountain and lost his footing. Badly
injured, and suffering a life-long disability, he says, "Pain is inevita-
ble - misery is optional."
By God's grace we are free to choose.
Double surprise
for parishioners
GRAND BEND - Parishioners of
Immaculate Heart of Mary church
were in for a double surprise this
weekend. They weregreeted by a
guest celebrant, Father Vincent
Guilikers, assistant pastor from Our
Lady Help of Christians in Wallac-
cburg, while pastor Paul Beck was
conducting a cursillio in Chatham.
They were also greeted by bare dry-
wall in the sacristy, evidence of
fresh renovations underway, and a
promise left by Father Beck in the
bulletin that things will look much
better in the near future. We'll have
to wait and see what surprises he
has in store.
The theme of Father Guiliker's
sermon was "Repentance, and a
call to conversion." There isn't
much time left, for sin will destroy
us, and war is a punishment from
God, whose message is Turn back
to Me.
Many thanks to the loyal choir,
its ranks much depleted by the
flight of the snow birds, who show
up each Sunday to sing, and thanks
to the congregation who chime in
and help us out! Please call 238-
2471 if any CWL member wishes
to attend the February 6 Fun Night.
We need a head count.in order to
share a bus with Mt. Carmel.
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