Monday Musings - Don't Be A "My Way or Take The Highway" Type of Soul

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If you are a 'my way or take the highway' type of soul (and so many of us are) who thinks you know better than God, you no doubt deal frequently with discouragement, especially when your plans go awry and when few choose to follow you.  

You need an attitude adjustment - a total reorientation  - a turning away from your plans and surrendering to God's. Let Venerable Bruno Lanteri show you the way.

The following quotation from  Overcoming Spiritual Discouragement - The Wisdom and Spiritual Power of Venerable Bruno Lanteri, written by Father Timothy Gallagher, O.M.V., will give you a sense of the wisdom and clarity Lanteri has to offer each of us: 

"God has placed me in this state of life; in this and no other. I must serve Him and be saved. All the circumstances and events in my state of life, such as the different characters of the persons with whom I will interact, the events that take place, the times and places in which these occur, reveal the order of Providence through which the Lord has willed to work my salvation. I must adapt myself to all these things and not think that I can force them to adapt themselves to me. And so, I will try always to adapt to these with peace and joy of heart, confident that God knows better than I what is best for me."

Let us pray for the grace to stop doing things our way!