God only knows how many times we have said and felt that life is just too hectic\u2026too fast. How many times have we felt like we don\u2019t have time to do the things we really like doing? How many times have we felt like life is passing us by?<\/p>\n
So, let me offer you a little food for thought and a little consolation too. Let\u2019s start with a little philosophy: \u201cIf you don\u2019t control it, it will control you.\u201d And I\u2019m speaking about \u201cspeed\u201d here.<\/p>\n
We all know that when we drive our cars and we drive too fast, it can be dangerous for us and for others. And we also don\u2019t get to enjoy the scenery when we drive too fast because we pass by it too fast to notice. So, in order to keep ourselves and others safe and to enjoy the scenery we just need to slow down.<\/p>\n
It just seems that we\u2019re in too much of a hurry to get somewhere. \u201cI gotta get there,\u201d we say to ourselves and \u201cI gotta get there right now!!!! Who\u2019s that idiot driving so slow in front of me? Now, I have this red light that\u2019s going to make me late! Who put all these slow imbeciles on the road today! I gotta get to Walmart before all the good tomatoes are gone!\u201d<\/p>\n
The Easter season has ended, and the Church enters in what we call \u201cOrdinary Time.\u201d Ordinary! We will be in Ordinary Time until Advent begins again. So, here comes what can serve you as a consolation if you consider it: Much of life happens in so much that is just ordinary and if we\u2019re living our lives too fast and too furious, we\u2019re going to pass by so much of life without enjoying it.<\/p>\n
What would you lose if you took it upon yourself to slow down a bit so that you can be present and enjoy everything ordinary or everything that you take for granted? You wouldn\u2019t lose anything and that\u2019s what we have to get through our hard heads. We have made the high speed in which we live our lives into a virtue. That\u2019s crazy. Challenge yourself and don\u2019t buy into this craziness. You\u2019ll wear yourself down so much that by the time you get old you\u2019ll be like an old, worn car that spends more time in the shop than on the road. For the love of God, slow down and enjoy the ordinary!<\/p>\n
I know that it\u2019s hard sometimes to slow down when one has so many responsibilities, but it doesn\u2019t have to be this way seven days a week twenty-four hours a day. We all have to make sure that we take the time and lower the speed so that we don\u2019t take anything nor anyone for granted, especially the things and the people that are dear to us. Today\u2019s society wants everything done YESTERDAY. Well, I\u2019m sorry, but we have TODAY, THIS MOMENT, THIS PRECIOUS MOMENT IN OUR ORDINARY LIVES THAT WE WANT TO ENJOY IN EXTRAORDINAY WAYS!<\/p>\n
You\u2019re in my prayers and in my heart. Enjoy Ordinary Time.\u00a0 \u00a0It\u2019s wonderful.\u00a0 Friar Julio<\/p>\n
Solo Dios sabe cu\u00e1ntas veces hemos dicho y sentido que la vida es demasiado agitada… demasiado r\u00e1pida. \u00bfCu\u00e1ntas veces hemos sentido que no tenemos tiempo para hacer las cosas que realmente nos gustan? \u00bfCu\u00e1ntas veces hemos sentido que la vida se nos escapa?<\/p>\n
As\u00ed que, perm\u00edtanme ofrecerles algo para reflexionar y tambi\u00e9n un poco de consuelo. Empecemos con una peque\u00f1a filosof\u00eda: “Si no lo controlas, te controlar\u00e1”. Y me refiero a la “velocidad”.<\/p>\n
Todos sabemos que cuando conducimos demasiado r\u00e1pido, puede ser peligroso para nosotros y para los dem\u00e1s. Y tampoco podemos disfrutar del paisaje cuando conducimos demasiado r\u00e1pido porque pasamos demasiado r\u00e1pido como para notarlo. As\u00ed que, para
\nmantenernos seguros y disfrutar del paisaje, solo necesitamos reducir la velocidad.<\/p>\n
Parece que tenemos demasiada prisa por llegar a alg\u00fan lugar. “Tengo que llegar”, nos decimos, y “\u00a1Tengo que llegar ya mismo! \u00bfQui\u00e9n es ese idiota que conduce tan despacio delante de m\u00ed? \u00a1Ahora tengo una luz roja que me va a hacer llegar tarde! \u00bfQui\u00e9n puso a
\ntodos estos imb\u00e9ciles lentos en la carretera hoy? \u00a1Tengo que llegar a Walmart antes de que se acaben todos los tomates buenos!”.<\/p>\n
La Pascua ha terminado y la Iglesia entra en lo que llamamos “Tiempo Ordinario”. \u00a1Tiempo Ordinario! Estaremos en Tiempo Ordinario hasta que comience de nuevo el Adviento. As\u00ed que, aqu\u00ed viene lo que puede servirte de consuelo si lo piensas: Gran parte de la vida transcurre en tantas cosas ordinarias, y si vivimos demasiado r\u00e1pido y con demasiada furia, vamos a pasar por alto gran parte de la vida sin disfrutarla.<\/p>\n
\u00bfQu\u00e9 perder\u00edas si te propusieras bajar un poco el ritmo para poder estar presente y disfrutar de todo lo ordinario o de todo lo que das por sentado? No perder\u00edas nada, y eso es lo que tenemos que tener bien claro. Hemos convertido la velocidad con la que vivimos nuestras vidas en una virtud. Es una locura. Ponte a prueba y no caigas en esta locura. Te desgastar\u00e1s tanto que, para cuando envejezcas, ser\u00e1s como un coche viejo y desgastado que pasa m\u00e1s tiempo en el taller que en la carretera. \u00a1Por el amor de Dios, baja el ritmo y disfruta de lo cotidiano, lo ordinario!<\/p>\n
S\u00e9 que a veces es dif\u00edcil bajar el ritmo cuando uno tiene tantas responsabilidades, pero no tiene por qu\u00e9 ser as\u00ed los siete d\u00edas de la semana, las veinticuatro horas del d\u00eda. Todos debemos asegurarnos de tomarnos el tiempo y bajar el ritmo para no dar nada ni a nadie por sentado, especialmente las cosas y las personas que nos son queridas. La sociedad actual quiere que todo se haga para ayer. Bueno, lo siento, pero tenemos HOY, ESTE MOMENTO, \u00a1ESTE PRECIOSO MOMENTO EN NUESTRAS VIDAS ORDINARIAS QUE QUEREMOS DISFRUTAR DE FORMASEXTRAORDINARIAS!<\/p>\n
Est\u00e1s en mis oraciones y en mi coraz\u00f3n. Disfruten del Tiempo Ordinario. Es maravilloso.\u00a0 Fray Julio<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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