Going With God

“The world promises you comfort, but you were not made for comfort. You were made for greatness. ” — Pope Benedict XVI Greatness. What is it? Before I can talk about this I think we need to look at the word. “ Greatness is a concept of a state of superiority affecting a person or object. Greatness can also be referred to individuals who possess a natural ability to be better than all others.” This is one of the definitions you can find online. There are so many things I think are truly great in this world. Music! Some music is clearly superior to other music. Places—I think Assisi Italy is the greatest place on earth! These are Great things.  How many truly great people do you know? People with  “ The natural ability to be better than others.”   I know a few. I think we all have greatness in us. We all have the ability to become great, but for some, it comes easier than others. Everyone is great at something whether that be playing video games, school, your job, or anythin

“This life is just this life, so live for the next one.” I’m sure everyone has heard the song by Tim McGraw, “Live Like You Were Dying.” I’ve known this song close to my whole life, I’ve maybe heard it a couple hundred times, and I also really like the song, so I added it to a playlist to play at work. Recently, as I’ve heard and really listened to the lyrics, this song has taken on a whole different and deeper meaning for me. I think a lot of people, including myself, tend to live for the future, which is fine and even necessary. We have to plan, save, and prepare. But for me at least, that has become a problem because I’m always thinking, “Well, there is always tomorrow, and I can just do it then.” And the truth is there isn’t always tomorrow. In the song, he is talking about a friend who has been diagnosed with cancer and only has a short time to live. He asks him what he did when he got that news.  “I went skydiving, I went rocky mountain climbing, I went two point