Learning to become empty

It may come as a shock, but we are often too full of ourselves, too pre occupied with our own activities and too full of our own plans and desires. Even our activities in behalf of others can often reflect much of our own need for fulfillment or recognition. And our relationship with God frequently pivot around our own prayers, needs and projects. We are therefore persons without space and room and consequently lack flexibility and manoeuverability.

So often we received nothing from our spiritual exercises because we have not created any open spaces in our lives. We are too full. We may want to receive, but we certainly do not want anything to be taken away.

God can hardly fill our hands with the good things of his love and grace while our hands are full with our own things. Therefore in our search for inner piece and strength, we need to learn the gentle but difficult art of reliquishment as mush as we need to seek God's empowerment.