last evening, after dinner, my lack of coordination coupled with my over-reaction caused me to spill and throw across the kitchen about half a quart of water, creating quite a mess. Maria, my wife, is not here so I went about moving things out of the way and toweling everything down, taking over an hour since I move slowly. I did so with a very matter-of-fact attitude, rather than getting angry — It had to be done. This morning I feel a lot of gratitude that I was physically able to do it. I offered thanks. “He should learn to remain in God’s presence with a loving attention and a tranquil intellect”, even though this seems like idleness to him. Soon he will find little by little that a “divine calm and peace with a wondrous, sublime knowledge of God, enveloped in divine love, will be infused into his soul”. (St. John)
