Thoughts from here and there…The Sacred
Some time ago Sylvester Stallone wrote: “If I were watching a home movie of my life, I would shake my head in despair and wonderment,” Stallone said with a laugh. “It’s a comedy of errors.” He has acknowledged that he has been arrogant, petty and selfish.
Stallone’s dramatic rise to success blinded him to what was most important. “When you’re living in the fast lane,” he said, “you tend to overlook the basic components that give your life meaning-relationships, getting to know someone really well, putting someone else first. People who are highly ambitious often don’t focus on the needs of their immediate family, especially their children….”
“Now, I understand what is sacred,” he said.
We are not actors like Sylvester Stallone or actresses like Jane Seymour who lived in the “fast lane,” and who tended to overlook the “basic components,” that give meaning to life. Yet we can be plagued with the same results as we chase or attempt to hold on to the “American Dream.”
September 11, 2001 will live on not only in memory, but also an anniversary. The sights and the sounds of this horrible terrorist attack will not soon be forgotten. We will remember not only the enemy but also the heros.
September 11 was so tragic for those who lost their lives and for those who mourn them. It can be for each of us a kind of a wake-up call. It offer us a time-out from our present concerns so that we might have time to contemplate what is truly sacred. In this let us each make room for God to reveal to us what we need and then let us rise up and with God’s help find fulfillment. In this way those who have died will not have died in vain.