Tick-Tock

What is it that makes a person tick? What makes you tick?  What the heck does ticking mean, am I doing it right now?  I guess watches tick and move, so someone along the line must have questioned "what makes people tick."

Well the biologist would say the heart, the philosopher would say the essence, the psychologist would say the mind, the theologian would say God. I would say......

What would you say, we all tick in different ways.  For some, the pursuit of something of value makes them tick. Others, the pursuit of making others happy.  And yet others still, living a stress free life.  I think its the beauty of life that allows us to have all of these differing views. After all, if everyone did the same thing life would be boring, right. Right?

Imagine, a lush land full of "milk and honey" where everyone loved one another and sought only to care for their fellow man.  This doesnt sound like a bad place at all, it actually sounds like Heaven to me.  A land where we look past our own needs for the needs of others.  If this were the case we wouldnt need to worry about ourselves because everyone would be worrying about us, for us.  What a novel idea, what a great idea.

Think of the opposite............what are you thinking of?.  Does it resemble the world we live in? For me, it does.  And Im not bashing this place, Ive got my owns failings and selfish tendencies.

Dont the greatest moments, feelings, experiences come when shared with another or when you give of yourself to another?  Often, I find myself reflecting on this life and wondering why its so tough.  Only in the light of faith has it made sense to me.  We are not made for this world, we were made for the next.  Sometimes I think I just want to get there but in God's great wisdom, He allows us to share in bits and pieces of the next life here and now, which provide for us sustenance and peace.

Little bits of Heaven, they come in many shapes and sizes, times and places, people, but no better, NO BETTER, then that of holy communion.  Isn't it interesting that its called communion. Communion is an interaction, a sharing in one, a giving of oneself, a mystical connection of all and of one, the comparisons are endless. This, I feel, is the battery that God has given us to keep ticking.

Our Father who art in Heaven, give us this day our daily bread.