One of the parks was all white in the beginning of the winter snow season. Three
friends went to the park to play. They devised a game in which each person would
engrave a line in the snow by walking to the fence. They would then judge whose
line was the straightest and most direct.
They spread out and started walking,
making imprints in the snow. The first one went completely off track and missed
the fence. The second one thought that his line was straight. However, when he
looked back, he discovered that he had gone to the left and to the right along
the way.
The third one was right on target
and maintained the straight line they were all after. They wondered why the
first deviated and the second ended up with a crooked line while the third was
successful. The third friend answered, “While you were concentrating on your
feet, I was focusing on the tree that was in front of me beside the fence. I
didn't look in any other direction; that's why the line was straight.”
One's life is a marathon among
people. Whoever takes the royal path will reach heaven without deviating in this
world's ‘snow.
Many young
people aspire to attain straight behavior. However, they fall short of it,
blaming everything on human weakness nd emotions. In fact, the reason for
distorted or zigzag behavior is the lack of concentration on the tree of life,
our Lord Jesus Christ.
Although it is a virtue to confess
our weakness and avoid the world's delusions, we need to concentrate on Christ.
This positive aspect supports us in our spiritual growth and replaces all
negative behavior.
If
we hope to become honest in our dealings, we cannot desire the earthly things,
which are a diversion from the royal path in which Jesus carries us all. As
St. Paul
“Let us run with endurance
the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus,
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