My brother had a fall from the front
parapet of the first floor of the building. He was at work as usual and never
expected to fall. But it did happen. The unknown happened. He felt that the
fall could have either incapacitated him to work again or caused his death. The
people around him instantly gave the care he needed. It helped him. After a
day, his blood pressure increased and thinking of the fall, a feeling of fear
came over him. He said that there was a God-fearing man at that time around him
who said that there was an invisible hand holding him. That man also spoke of the
power of the Holy Eucharist to him. My brother did believe that due to the
prayers of my Mother, and the good people around him strengthened him. He was
happy to get a priestly blessing from me. Speaking to him over the phone, I realized
that the event reawakened him and reordered/reoriented his living principles:
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“I know that it is not money that matters, but
the help you do with the money you get and bring relief to the people most in
need.” He spoke of contributing a little amount to a sick man in the
neighborhood and keeping apart a day’s wage to help people. He made a resolve
to bring this decision into practice. He is not a government employ or does he
have a guaranteed job. He relies on the work he gets.
What I am (the present) – How I Act? – what should be? (the ideal). We normally
fear the unknown. But if the unknown happens, we redirect our attention and
bring changes to the cognitive dimensions of the already known. We then adjust
our behaviors. In fact, we are biologically prepared to adjust. As Jordan
Peterson says, “we act to transform where we are into what we should be.”
