“We Americans are not usually thought to be a submissive people, but of course we are.
Why else would we allow our country to be destroyed? Why else would we be rewarding its destroyers? Why else would we all — by proxies we have given to greedy corporations and corrupt politicians — be participating in its destruction?
Most of us are still too sane to piss in our own cistern, but we allow others to do so and we reward them for it. We reward them so well, in fact, that those who piss in our cistern are wealthier than the rest of us.”
Wendell Berry
"We must be faithful to the present moment or we will frustrate the plan of God for our lives. We should be grateful and love the vocation to which God calls us. This applies to every vocation because it is a privilege to serve God, even in the least capacity. Worry is a weakness from which few are entirely free. We must be on guard against this most insidious enemy of our peace of soul. Instead let us foster confidence in God, and thank Him for whatever he chooses to send us." Solanus Casey