Love.

This morning (it was still dark) I was reading Pope Benedict XVI tweets. His tweet from this morning was "If we have love for our neighbor, we will find the face of Christ in the poor, the weak, the sick and the suffering." The first thing I thought was "who ever tweets for the Pope follows AP Style grammar... Go you!" But the more I thought about this sentence I realized how true it was.

Now, I'm not one for pushing religion on anyone, it's your life, but how can words like this not make you thankful for a sweet, sweet Savior. I have been going to church since I was 4 and once I started college my appearances came few and far between. Senior year I became friends with the ever so wonderful Caroline Pekarsky and really started attending Mass again. I feel like she came into my life at the perfect time and spending my Sunday evenings with her and Father Eric made everything in my life seem a whole lot better. But, it's not just attending your weekly church service that makes you a better person. It's seeing love in those around you. And boy did the Pope hit the nail on the head this morning. After all, I do think that's his job.

After a stressful couple of weeks it's nice to be reminded that everything in your life will be okay, just see the love in the world. And I'm making that my plan for the rest of the year. Really looking for love in the smallest things. I truly believe if everyone took on this task this crazy world we live in would be a much happier place.

To remind me of this, I've written the Pontifex's words on my dry erase board at work. And I'm going to make it a weekly task--Find something that inspires me to be a better person. And you bet your bottom dollar I'll be sharing them too!!