http://catholicexchange.com/2009/10/08/122454/ Catholic News, Catholic Articles, Catholic Apologetics, Catholic Content, Catholic Information Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 http://catholicexchange.com/2009/10/08/122454/comment-page-1/#comment-43141 Claire Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:24:50 +0000 http://catholicexchange.com/?p=122454#comment-43141 Amy Wellborn's story reminds me a lot of how my son views life. He has an expectation that life has fun and excitement around the corner at every turn. Last month, when he was 20 months old, we were going to Cape Cod for a week. The day before, I told him that Mommy was packing for Cape Cod, and I told him in an excited way that we would be going to the beach. He didn't have a clue what a beach was, but he trusted in my excitement and got caught up in it. That type of innocence is priceless. Amy Wellborn’s story reminds me a lot of how my son views life. He has an expectation that life has fun and excitement around the corner at every turn. Last month, when he was 20 months old, we were going to Cape Cod for a week. The day before, I told him that Mommy was packing for Cape Cod, and I told him in an excited way that we would be going to the beach. He didn’t have a clue what a beach was, but he trusted in my excitement and got caught up in it. That type of innocence is priceless.

]]> http://catholicexchange.com/2009/10/08/122454/comment-page-1/#comment-43138 Cooky642 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 05:05:39 +0000 http://catholicexchange.com/?p=122454#comment-43138 It seems to me that being Americans has given us one strike against us. We are trained from just-past-toddlerhood to be independent, to think for ourselves, to try a little harder. Our national heros are those who swam against the current, who stood up when it would have been easier to sit down and be quiet. We PRIDE ourselves (oh-oh: there's a problem!) on being the tough ones who can make it on our own. I don't know any adult who hasn't struggled/is not still struggling with this issue. One little booklet helped me tremendously and, if I may, I recommend it highly. It's "Uniformity With God's Will", a little tract of 31 pages taken from St. Alphonsus Liguori. It's available from TAN Books for the princely sum of $2.50. Aside from personal prayer, it's the best arrow in my quiver. It seems to me that being Americans has given us one strike against us. We are trained from just-past-toddlerhood to be independent, to think for ourselves, to try a little harder. Our national heros are those who swam against the current, who stood up when it would have been easier to sit down and be quiet. We PRIDE ourselves (oh-oh: there’s a problem!) on being the tough ones who can make it on our own. I don’t know any adult who hasn’t struggled/is not still struggling with this issue. One little booklet helped me tremendously and, if I may, I recommend it highly. It’s “Uniformity With God’s Will”, a little tract of 31 pages taken from St. Alphonsus Liguori. It’s available from TAN Books for the princely sum of $2.50. Aside from personal prayer, it’s the best arrow in my quiver.

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