A quote from Catherine McAuley:
Mercy receives the ungrateful again and again, and is never weary in pardoning them.
I've been a teacher for a good number of years and I know that many times I have ungrateful students in my classes. Some do not care to receive correction, others do not seem to respond to kind words, others do not see the hard work put into creating a warm and caring classroom, neat and decorative. They just assume it will be there. In some ways the assuming is a good thing be cause it is a place of safety. But sometimes I have wondered if it is worth all the effort.
There are spats, words said that have been not necessarily rude, but bordering on them and yet we continue to minister to the children. As I share my philosophy, "Each day is a new day", it helps those who need a new start to have it.
I wonder, though how it is in my personal life. Do I do the same for the Sisters with whom I live? Do I do the same for my peers or co-workers or the annoying person in my life? This gives me something to ponder today as I go about the day. and what about you?
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