Legacy.

Let us pray for all children today- and everyone who has stolen and is stealing their innocence.

If we stop and look around us- almost <b>everything</b> is commercialized- the media is everywhere- the billboards, the posters, the advertisements, the store banners- and what do they all have in common? Marketing, yes. 

BUT THERE’S MORE. They are all POISONS. Poison to the mind, poison to the heart. And almost all of them shouts the message of VANITY and LUST. On one side, there is a woman wearing a skimpy suit or a bikini. On the other is a guy with no shirt on. Even on TV- especially on TV- the soap operas and the commercials- EVEN in the INTERNET- they feed their audience with messages of almost EVERY kind of sin- LUST, PRIDE, ENVY, SELFISHNESS, DISRESPECT, IMMORALITY, APATHY. And everyone can have access to all of these- even the innocent children, even us- who are not so innocent but are being made more sinful with every thought that accompanies every glance.

How long would it have to take, how many souls would have to be lost, until mankind realizes that with every upgrade of technology, with every innovation of a “product”, with every rise of a skyscraper, with every new car model, with every new thing in the market which was supposed to be for the betterment of OUR LIVES- if all these are desired in vain, if all of these are desired to profit self and ONLY ONESELF- then all these would NEVER really PROFIT us but destroy us.

Look around you. People fighting with each other because of someTHING– People with much desire to protect, preserve or acquire a non-living thing that we are willing to HATE another person. 

MONEY IS NOTHING. I may be the daughter of a multi-billionaire, or I may be the daughter of a cab driver- but NO MATTER HOW MUCH MONEY I HAVE OR HOW LITTLE MONEY I HAVE if I cannot LOVE and if I AM NOT LOVED- then I will never be happy. If I never realize that I am loved- then I will die regretfully. And If I never love, if I am never able to give myself fully- after every heartbreak, after every sacrifice, after every moment that I have been humbled, or put down, no matter how hard it is or how much it hurts- and the Thing that keeps me going is my love for HIM- then I have never TRULY LIVED. And the money I have- no matter how many or little- is NOTHING because it has never and WILL NEVER be able to LOVE me.

To Love until it hurts.  It sounds too much cliched- especially if the one you are loving is a mortal, imperfect being. I found it very hard to Love God- He, Who is so easy to Love; He, Who has given His Everything to me; He, Who gives me the sun, the bright clouds, and the glorious sky every morning, the loving stars, the caresses of the wind and the engulfing peace at night; He, Who has given me every breath, every smile, every laugh, every heartbeat, every tear, everything- what more if I try to Love my fellowmen- YOU WHO ARE SO HARD TO LOVE. And yet, God- no matter how imperfect we are, no matter how poor, how rich, how fashionable, how unfashionable, how beautiful, or ugly we are- He Loves us perfectly. 

This is why I cannot take anymore. Because God has given me SO MUCH. MUCH MUCH MORE THAN ANYTHING- He gave me HIMSELF.

You know how hard it is to Love me? Think about your enemy, the girl you bitch-slapped last week, the nerdy guy who barely speaks, the girl who is so trying hard to fit in, your classmate who just talks about him/herself, those people who you would never be caught hanging out with- I am MUCH HARDER TO LOVE than them.  But I am not suicidal, I am not miserable, I am not lonely, I am not desperate, I am not depressed, I WAS NOT, AM NOT AND WILL NEVER BE ALONE- only that I am yearning. Yearning to Love Him, the One- the Only One- Who sustained me when even dying is too glorious of a fate for me. 

My desire now is to give, to share, especially to the children today- that the sun, the bright clouds, and the glorious sky every morning, the loving stars, the caresses of the wind and the engulfing peace at night- these are the things we- with everything we have earned or achieved- were never and will never be entitled to- but are given the leisure to experience. BUT MORE THAN THESE, is LOVE- because with Love, even if the sun is covered with dark clouds, or the stars forgot to love, even when the sun dies or peace failed to enamor the night- with LOVE, there will be a Sun in our sky gloriously more than ever, a Peace in our hearts engulfing our whole being and those who we Love, and Happiness- not only in our spirit, or in our soul, but in all of Eternity.

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You know well enough that Our Lord does not look so much at the greatness of our actions, nor even at their difficulty, but at the love at which we do them.

Be not afraid to tell Jesus that you love Him; even though it be without feeling, this is the way to oblige Him to help you, and carry you like a little child too feeble to walk.

– St. Therese of Lisieux