With the Saints' Assistance

I'm reading an interesting book, "The Saints Guide to Happiness" by Robert Ellsberg. Some of the saints doing the guiding are Augustine, Francis of Assisi, Teresa of Avila, Dorothy Day, Flannery O'Connor and Henri Nouwen; folks that are worth listening to.

Coming off the fast track of working outside the home requires a tectonic shift in thinking, at least for me. For so many years, my days were structured and purposeful. I may not have always held the most fascinating jobs (and there have been many!), but I knew my place and felt like a meaningful cog in the wheel of society. Now, not so much. I must find and appreciate the simple joys of homekeeping.

The word of the hour to me has been, "Be still and know that I am God." Maybe these saints will assist.