A couple of weeks ago, my roomie told me about IgnatiusLoyola.net. It is a website about Ignatian Spirituality, a spirituality that has been growing on me ever since Frater Pater Koko taught it in my early Loyola days. So I am familiar with the material there, from the infamous spiritual exercise, the examen of consciusness to what is consolation/desolation and how we're supposed to act when we're on those situation. Anyways, so that is a brief introduction to that website. Feel free to go there and read the articles. I know it's really not for everyone, and the contents might be a little weird for those who never read Jesuits books or study in a Jesuit institution. BUT, that is not the real reason I write this post. I was reading this article, and stumbled on this picture: You know, how true is that? Personally, I complain all the time. People who know me IRL might deny that, since I don't seems to complain much. But deep down in my heart, I know I always complain. I just don't express it explicitly. It makes me think of my life. Is that really true? Have I been seriously too busy with my life? I know a couple of people that call me orang sibuk, you know... busy with school, works, ministry, organizational stuff,  personal projects, slacking :p whatever you can think lah... I always think that that's a good thing right? I mean, God don't want us to be idle and do nothing. If we're busy with life, trying to reach our goal and do good things during our pilgrimage on earth, then God must be proud of us. Afterall, that's what He wanted us to do right? On the contrary, this article reminds us to stop. Stop from whatever we doing and try look back. Look at what we have done in your life, all that we have and have not achieve, all that are happening in the past.. and reflect on how God have been working through all those events in our life. Without stopping, we will running out of fuel and simply stranded in the middle of nowhere. In a Formula One race, every car have to take pit-stop. No matter how fast or how skillful you drive, you always have to take at least one pit-stop. And if you ever watch Formula One, you must know that pit-stop strategy is extremely important to win the race. It needs good planning and perfect execution to get good result, because if you spent too much time in pit stop, you will lose so many precious seconds. I guess that's how life really is. It is a race to reach the finish line. And we have to remember and really know where the finish line before we can really put our foot on the pedal. Learning from Ignatius Loyola, I know that I will reach the finish line as long as I live with his motto: Ad Majorem dei Gloriam - for the greater glory of God, untuk kemuliaan Tuhan yang lebih tinggi. Semangat magis, the passion to always improve and do it only for Him. And the occasional and well-timed pit stop to make sure that I'm not on the wrong track. Now, for a little reflection.. let's try to answer this question: Are you too busy to notice you're too busy? Bummer! :p