A Waste

I live in a monastery.  We pray together and mediate in silence and some solitude.  People might say that this is a waste.  I have the talent to be "out there" doing good, preaching, teaching, making the world a better place.  They are right.  What I do is so impractical, as impractical as Calvary, says Dorothy Day.  The Jesus that I am supposed to follow was in his prime with all those talents that he had.  Calvary was a waste said many who knew him or knew of him.  But he did say, "Follow me," and sometimes that is to do and live the impractical, as the productive world would say.  So the next time you are meditating, taking a slow walk in a wood, sitting on a porch, and someone says it is impractical or a waste of valuable time, you can agree with them.  But time is more wasted by trying to be someone you are not, than in becoming all you are meant to be.  So waste a little time being you.  How will you know it is for the best?  You will know.