When we look at the lives of saints we often wonder how they can accomplish so much. Look at Thomas Merton, Mother Theresa, Mother Maria of Ravensbruk, Catherine De Hueck Doherty, Dorothy Day - all of them were consummate achievers for the kingdom. We ask ourselves how they did it. They did it one small act at a time. They did it one small act at a time repeated daily, consistently over time. If you wrote a page every day for 365 days that is 365 pages. That is a lot, but it is not a lot on the daily scene. If you took one box of food to the poor a week, that would be 52 boxes of food in a year. If you prayed and meditated for 10 - 20 minutes a day that would amass a monumental practice.
The key is to pick one thing and do it repeatedly. Commit to getting that one thing done and it will grow. Many of us look at the act of choosing itself and get overwhelmed and so we never choose. Thus we never practice. Find your act of mercy, charity or spiritual discipline and make a little bit of time every day. Small things for God - over time - make huge differences.
Peace,
Tom +
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