This reading could not have come at a more appropriate time. The past month has been a stress filled, roller coaster ride that will hopefully end with me working at a rewarding internship this summer. I think it is easy to get stressed out about work, and jobs, and getting jobs, because these are things we are supposed to do. These are the types of things we use to value our lives, and ourselves. And that is really freaking stressful to think that if I dont get a good internship im not going to get a good job and im going to hate my life.
This speech however, really makes you question which things in life are important, and how we should view the things we do. He talks about the monotony of day to day, routine life and how that can be something we look at so negatively, but we can choose to change that view. He talks about looking at a situation, like a frustrating super market experience, from the central "all about me" point of view, and then switiching that view to take into account the other people around you.
As a Catholic, this is ingrained in our brains from a little age. We were always told that people could have it worse than us, and not to complain. My parents hated whenever we complained about not having things, and would always find a way to show us that what we thought we needed was ridiculous compared to what some people actually needed. Over the years, however, I feel like I have lost some of that concern for others. Not on purpose, but I feel like everything in my life is changing and every decisision is increasingly more important, and it makes me a little self centered.
So now, after looking at this past month, I realize that I should be excited and proud that I have had multiple internship offers. I should be happy that my biggest dilemma is deciding which one to take, not trying to find one. The future should be exciting not scary and from now on im going to think about every difficult future related situation, as an opportunity that others may not have, and not a problem.
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