2. The art of making choices.

Man, whoever he is, is a thinker. He needs precise goals, determined plans. He has only the value of his choices; he has only the judgement of his decisions. He is powerful as long as he is reasonable, uses his personal values, knows how to be himself, takes responsibility and controls the quality of his priorities.

Nobody has the gift of ubiquity, so nobody can be in two different places at the same time.

We constantly have to choose, and our choices are not always free, because we cannot deny the power of society over us. We are at the mercy of currents of influence.

Everyone needs to believe in the strength of their own being, in their inexhaustible inner resources, in order to avoid being the unconscious playthings of the pressures that others put on them all day long.

Man is an inestimable value in himself. No created being is capable of attaining human wisdom, a sense of responsibility, a spirit of tranquility and efficiency.

Whether we believe in the Author of life or not, fundamentally, man remains a wonder, since he is not only an image of his Creator, but also a likeness.

You're only as good as what you choose, and where your heart is, that's where your treasure is.

Excerpt from the Collection Volontaires de Dieu, Father Louis-Marie Parent, O.M.I.