Silent Insight

In the movie, The Bucket List, two men (Jack Nicholson as Edward and Morgan Freeman as Carter) with quite contrasting and differing journeys find themselves sharing a hospital room and both having a terminal illness. Given the diagnoses of only a short while to live, this unlikely pair develops a friendship and in the process creates a list of things they want to do before they die. As they proceed on this journey, they each experience life changing revelations.

One of the things on their list was to see the pyramids of Egypt. As they’re looking at the pyramids with a backdrop of blue sky and sunshine, Carter tells Edward that the ancient Egyptians believed that when you die, you have to answer two questions before you get into heaven.

•    Have you found joy in your life?
•    Have you brought joy to others’ lives?

Although the story above is a Hollywood creation, the theme of finding and bringing joy has real meaning. St. Ignatius had a similar transformation as a wounded soldier in that he came to find his greatest joy resulted from his following Christ. Further, as he brought the love of Christ to others, he found profound joy.

Consider the joys in your life and how you bring joy to others.

Find the joy in your life!!


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