TRANSCRIPT:
Good morning, guys. I had a great call, and I wanted to share with you this insight that I got from the call that was really extraordinary.
So, one of the men on the call told this story of a guy who had a really interesting habit. He would frequently travel, and when he would go to the airport, he would leave his car in the parking lot, as many of us do. But, unlike many of us, he would be so engrossed in what was going on in his head and in his heart and what was on his soul that he would actually leave the car running and then presumably take the bus into the terminal and then make his flight and go about his day.
And it occurred to me that obviously, there could be only one thing that would be on his mind and in his heart that would be so engrossing that he would completely forget his surroundings; that he would leave his keys, that he would leave his car running.
Obviously, this was a man who was deeply in love with our Lord, who was meditating on the mysteries of our Lord and His Passion, and had so detached himself from his worldly surroundings that he didn’t even care about his keys, about leaving his car behind.He didn’t care that it might be a stolen, that it might run out of gas. None of that was on his mind because of the things that were so important to him.
And it occurs to me that all of us need to have this kind of attachment to God, that we literally have what some of the Saints have called ‘the gift of forgetfulness’. Now, I think they often talk about being forgetful when it comes to the injuries we’ve suffered from other people, whether it’s being called names, whether they’ve done things to hurt our reputation, or whatever.
But I think that there’s also something to be learned from this example; that if we go about our lives with the same forgetfulness that that man had, the same passion for following the will of our Lord, for serving others, for loving one another, and we let the things of the world just kind of pass us by, there might be little inconveniences along the way- there might be times where we have to call somebody to bring us a gallon of gas or jump start our car or bring us an extra set of keys whatever the case may be- but those are minor things compared to giving ourselves over completely to the will of God.
I hope this reflection has been helpful for you. Have a great day.