BE NEW
The verses of a song that runs through my head today say: ‘You are new every morning, new every morning…’ A new day is ahead of us. Did you wake up rested and refreshed or are you tired even at the beginning of the day?
I often observe people on the way to work in the morning and it seems to me that their legs are heavy as lead, and they are still sleepy. It looks as if they are always walking the same, well-known route to work, out of habit. Do you also have the same morning routine? The same set schedules.
Do you always follow the same paths to work, college, shops…?
When was the last time you changed and refreshed something in your apartment, tried some new recipe?
Are you ready to change at all?
Man is old not by the number of years, but when he lacks freshness, enthusiasm and zeal, new ideas and plans, the desire to learn continuously and absorb new things. Also, one is old when one holds on to the same old habits and routines. Oh, how a young man can be very old… It is as if life’s circumstances sometimes lead us to become like stagnant water – like ponds and swamps, yet we are called to make more alive everything we pass on our way. We are called to be like streams or rivers that sustain everything around us. Do you bring joy and hope to your family, to your workplace, to this society? Will the people around you come to life in a new way today because of your presence or do they already know what to expect from you?
The distinctive characteristic of the spirit is that it is always new. It is constantly creating, encouraging creativity and originality, developing our imagination and intelligence. There are no impossible things and obstacles with the spirit. Nevertheless, our sluggishness, laziness and lukewarmness can impede the spirit from acting.
I look forward to you writing about your experience for this portal, composing a new hit song, learning new jokes, clearing the backlog at college, taking a new route to work tomorrow… Above all, I hope you will allow the spirit to change you day by day and introduce novelty and freshness of life into you!
Born in Zagreb. Married, mother of two children. By profession master of social work, employed at the Retirement Home in Zagreb. As a high school student, in 1998 she came to the Centre for Spiritual Help in Zagreb seeking help in dealing with her own existential fears. At the same time as going to hagiotherapy, she participates in seminars for new evangelization and since then she has been inextricably linked to the activities of the Community Prayer and Word and the Centre for Spiritual Help in Zagreb, where she has been a volunteer since 2000. She is currently working as a hagioassistant.