Last Saturday, my mom was watching Bo Sanchez preach on TV. I was fixing up my room at that time. Fortunately, my door was open, because I heard Bro. Bo say these words in his bold, distinct voice:
I'm not exactly the Catholic-charismatic type, but I've always liked the way Bo Sanchez makes me examine my own life. He made me think very hard when I heard him say this line. I've just started a business and soon, I'm starting my own family. Both start from small seeds and grow big in time. But the question remains: why am I doing this? Is it because I just trust myself too much, or do I really have a desire to serve?
On the surface, big is big, but what motivates that big-ness spells the difference for a person's soul. Pride and love are opposite poles. Pride will frantically create a big beast that I could claim as my own creature, while love will push me to give myself in a big way. Either mode will make me look like a woman driven to succeed. But what is it that drives me?
I have to think big because I love big. Or, maybe I should say that I have to love big so that I'll think big.
Big thinking either comes from a big ego or big love.
I'm not exactly the Catholic-charismatic type, but I've always liked the way Bo Sanchez makes me examine my own life. He made me think very hard when I heard him say this line. I've just started a business and soon, I'm starting my own family. Both start from small seeds and grow big in time. But the question remains: why am I doing this? Is it because I just trust myself too much, or do I really have a desire to serve?
On the surface, big is big, but what motivates that big-ness spells the difference for a person's soul. Pride and love are opposite poles. Pride will frantically create a big beast that I could claim as my own creature, while love will push me to give myself in a big way. Either mode will make me look like a woman driven to succeed. But what is it that drives me?
I have to think big because I love big. Or, maybe I should say that I have to love big so that I'll think big.
Get rid of that 'small-town' outlook. Enlarge your heart till it becomes universal, 'catholic'.
Don't flutter about like a hen, when you can soar to the heights of an eagle.
- St. Josemaría Escrivá, The Way, pt. 7