A Few Secrets
"... and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of
the age." (Matt 28:20 NKJV)
There is a story from long ago that I really love. A young novice had entered a
monastery run by a wise abbot. One day the abbot told his monks that he was
going to share a secret teaching with them that would bring them lasting peace
and happiness, but if they shared it with anyone else they would be expelled
from the monastery. The next day several of the older monks saw the young novice
sharing the secret teaching with everyone in a nearby town. They ran back and
told the abbot what they had saw. The abbot just smiled and said, "I can teach
this young novice nothing further. He is already an abbot in his own right."
In the spirit of that young novice then I have a few simple secrets that I would
love to share with you today. In truth, they aren’t really secrets. Everyone
knows them in their hearts even when they don’t accept them in their minds. Like
that young novice, though, once I welcomed them into my soul I couldn’t wait to
share them with all of you. Here then are a few simple secrets from a student of
life who is still learning.
God loves you. God loves you even when you don’t love Him back. God loves you
with a love so powerful and eternal that nothing can destroy it. And you can
love too. You can choose love. You can share love. You can pray for love. You
can learn of love. You can grow in oneness with God’s love each and everyday of
your life here. And when you love, you will have joy. You will have the lasting
peace and happiness we all search for and want. Then no matter what troubles you
deal with or tragedies you go through you will know God is with you and you will
face them with love.
The secrets of life are simple but never easy. Do your best then to learn them,
live them, and share them with everyone you can. Be the eager student and loving
teacher of life always.
By: Joseph J. Mazzella