If you live a life of watching and waiting, you will know what kind of call you have. You are not called to solve every problem in the world. Every human being has a call. I work with mentally handicapped people. Sometimes I spend hours with one person, and we barely speak. Does that help people in Bosnia, does that help people in Northern Ireland, does it help people in Somalia? I don’t know, but I think it does. I think that when I am faithful to one person who is given to me, when I am convinced that ‘s my vocation, then I am doing more than when I am anxiously trying to put out all the fires all over the world. And that gives me peace.
Quote by Henri Nouwen
REFLECTION:
- Are you busy putting out fires – constantly doing?
- What if helping/serving one person – being fully present is enough?