Feb. 27, "What is preventing you from living for the thing you want to live for?"

In his book Forgetting Ourselves On Purpose: Vocation and the Ethics of Ambition, Brian Mahan speaks of “moments of recruitment.” Often occurring when we are young and before we have been conditioned to let go of “youthful idealism,” moments of recruitment are those moments when we see a need, a social injustice, or a cause we would like to champion and we believe that we can make a difference. All too often, due to pressures from friends, well-meaning mentors, and even family members, we begin to see the world and the potential for positive change in more “realistic” ways.

Have you ever had a moment of recruitment? You’ve probably had more than one. You may have even had one recently. Look at Thomas Merton’s statement again. What is preventing you from more fully living for the thing you want to live for? What can you do today to more fully live for the thing you want to live for?

There is a power working on the inside of us that will enable us to accomplish far abundantly more than we can ask or even imagine. — Ephesians 3:20