¿Existe eso que se llama "Un minuto de sabiduría"?
Por supuesto que existe, replicó el maestro. Pero un minuto ¿no es demasiado breve? No, es cincuenta y nueve segundos demasiado largo. (Anthony De Mello)
Nuestra vida es indudablemente un regalo lleno de muchas sorpresas. Algunas de ellas pueden estar llenas de alegría y satisfacción; otras, sin embargo, parecieran inciertas e incompresibles. En ocasiones quedamos desorientados porque nos cuesta trabajo entender la razón de las cosas. Quisiéramos tener una ‘barita mágica’ para transformar aquello que parece confuso, no es así?
Ante esta realidad podemos tener dos actitudes. Por un lado, es buscar un consejo de un ser querido, de un amigo, del sacerdote, del psicólogo, etc. Por otro lado, bien podemos dedicar un momento, un “segundo”, en nuestra vida cotidiana para reflexionar y orar.
En ambas actitudes esperamos encontrar palabras sabias que puedan iluminar el sendero de nuestra vida. No olvidemos que la sabiduría por excelencia procede de Dios. Por lo tanto, es importante, pasar el “hoy” de cada día en la presencia Divina. Cuando Dios se convierte en la fuente de la sabiduría que buscamos en nuestra vida, todo el tiempo de mundo nos parece insuficiente. Pero para que eso suceda, es bueno iniciar con tan solo un “segundo.”
--- Is there something called "A Moment of wisdom"? Of course there is, the master replied. But a minute isn’t it too short? No, it's fifty-nine seconds too long. (Anthony De Mello)
Our life is unquestionably a gift full of surprises. Some of them can be full of joy and satisfaction; others, however, seem rather uncertain and incompressible. Every now and then, we might experience uneasiness because it is difficult to fully understand life itself. When we are faced with such reality, we would like to have a 'magic wand' that would help us to transform the reality which is unclear into something clear.
Faced with such an event in life, we are most likely to have two attitudes. On the one hand, we might seek advice from a loved one, a friend, a priest, a psychologist, etc. No one would argue they can indeed provide us with good insights for life. On the other hand, however, we are invited to take a private moment in silence. In fact, we might rightly take a moment, a "second", in our daily and busy lives to grow in prayer and self-reflection.
In both attitudes we hope to find wise thoughts that will illuminate the path of our life. Yet, let us remmeber that wisdom, par excellence, comes from God. Hence, it is priceless to spent an hour, a moment, a minute in the presence of God. When He becomes the source of wisdom we seek in life, all the time in this world seems insufficient. But for that to happen, it is good to start with just a "second" in His very presence.