Are you one of those wishful thinkers that have desired if you were in another place or another state in life you would be happier? The day dreamers would tend to believe that if they were somewhere else—on vacation, with another partner, in a different career, a different home, a different
May 19, 2022
If we Catholics are asked, “Are you saved?” Our answer should be we are being saved. Our sins are being healed. Our spiritual life is being restored. We are being drawn more deeply into full communion with God in Christ. We Catholics view salvation as a process rather than a one-shot
May 12, 2022
Heaven is the answer to life’s deepest longing. One of the proofs of the existence of God and heaven using logic or reason is “The Argument from Desire” authored by C.S. Lewis. The argument basically demonstrates that for every natural desire here in this world there is a corresponding satisfaction to
May 10, 2022
There is this best-selling book of Carol Dweck entitled “Mindset: The New Psychology of Success” that classifies people into two groups, those that have a fixed mindset and those that have a growth mindset. The fixed mindset group would think that they have a talent in some areas but zero in
May 6, 2022
The Chinese Philosopher Lao Tzu once said, “Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom.” The Greek Philosopher Socrates says the same thing, “Know thyself.” But theologians would also say that man is a mystery to himself. Therefore, knowing oneself is not an easy task. Dr. Peter Kreeft would even
May 4, 2022
A good book on making big decisions, reveal blind spots and come up with creative methods in solving problems is that of Shane Parrish entitled “The Great Mental Models”. It makes use of the acronym I.F.S to recall the mental models of Inversion, First Principle Thinking, and Second-Order Thinking. Inversion means
April 27, 2022
Any pursuit on worldly things such as money, fame, power and pleasure will always end up making the pursuer wanting for more but never getting satisfied. On the other hand, pursuit for knowledge, skills and loving others makes us full and would happily still want more. With the former it makes
April 26, 2022
Karma is a justice belief held mostly by Eastern religions that for every moral action we do there is a corresponding reaction. If we show goodness, we reap goodness. If we do evil, we reap evil. Karma usually is not instant but nevertheless it will come. It is supposed to teach
April 19, 2022
Growth in the intellect is achieved through reading books, studying for a course, attending seminars, etc. Emotional growth follows our intellectual growth. Emotion is an internal bodily reaction we would have as a consequence with whatever we perceive in our minds. If I perceive you as a friend, I will feel
April 18, 2022
“Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; His love endures forever!” (Psalm 118:1) Easter Sunday or the Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ is the biggest feast in the Church. It’s bigger than Christmas because the Resurrection is the penultimate completion of Christ’s mission on earth, which is mankind’s
April 17, 2022
The third kind of anger is the good one. It’s sometimes referred to as just anger or rightful anger. The Psalmist implies this when he writes, “Be angry, and sin not” (Psalm 4:4). It is the kind of anger of a parent for example to a child who has not done
April 12, 2022
Anger or wrath (in old English) is a strong feeling of annoyance or displeasure for not getting what we want. It is of three kinds. First is the milder form of anger that goes against right reason. We can be angry of something or someone but are not in a justifiable
April 7, 2022