Daily Meditation: Sunday, February 24, 2008

Do not be ambitious and subject yourself to rivalries, as …

02/24/2008

Do not be ambitious and subject yourself to rivalries, as this will drain your energies. Choose an activity where you have plenty of space, or perhaps are even alone, and then no one will prevent you from growing. If you go and plant yourself beside a great tree, it will complain you are encroaching on its territory. And what will happen if you venture into the territory of a wild animal? Be like a bird instead: it has a tiny little body, weak and light, and a tiny beak, but it is well equipped for the open air, for freedom. A bird has no ambition to obtrude on a wild animal; the only thing it asks for from the Creator is its song, joy and freedom of movement. True sons and daughters of God are like birds; they do not want to establish their territory in the jungle. Every day they seek to fly away to the heights to bring back peace, light and joy, which they then share with all their brothers and sisters.