The World

The monk leaves the "world" to become himself, or discover who he is according to God's plan.  If the aspirant fits into the monastery life then it means he has a vocation to be a monk.  If he has to make a very great effort to fit into the monastic life, than he does not belong.  Trying to be someone you are not is simply bad form.  Is it not that way in the world that the monk left?  We who live in the world, do we have to try hard to fit in? Do we become someone we are not in order to have a place?  If so, then we re playing a role.  The world becomes a stage and we are acting in the play.  The play might mirror real life.  But it is not who God made us to be.  We are not meant to act out, but to become our true self.