Here's a poem that made me smile this morning:
Fall in Love
Nothing is more practical than
finding God, than
falling in Love
in a quite absolute, final way.
What you are in love with,
what seizes your imagination, will affect everything.
It will decide
what will get you out of bed in the morning,
what you do with your evenings,
how you spend your weekends,
what you read, whom you know,
what breaks your heart,
and what amazes you with joy and gratitude.
Fall in Love, stay in love,
and it will decide everything.
Attributed to Fr. Pedro Arrupe (1907–1991)
Thanks for posting this translation. I remember reading about Pedro de Arrupe at school back in the 90's. I thought I would post the Spanish language version para «los aspirantes a la lengua»...
Enamorarse de Dios
No hay nada más práctico que
encontrar a Dios.
Es decir, enamorarse rotundamente
y sin ver atrás.
Aquello de lo que te enamores,
lo que arrebate tu imaginación,
afectará todo.
Determinará lo que te haga levantar
por la mañana,
lo que harás con tus atardeceres,
cómo pases tus fines de semana,
lo que leas, a quien conozcas,
lo que te rompa el corazón
y lo que te llene de asombro
con alegría y agradecimiento.
Enamórate, permanece enamorado,
y esto lo decidirá todo.
Thank you for sharing this, Tadiya. I will forward it to people who I think might need to hear it.