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Globalization is the new social environment in which we are all called to live every day.

The world is now home to all of us, as images and sounds from the edge of the world come to life from countries and people that until a few decades ago we had never seen or heard them. So we must prepare to respond appropriately to the new challenges, in which we are called upon to survive and fulfill the purpose of our existence.

This is not a threat but a challenge.

This must not make us doubt our destination, but we must realize that Christ first opened our horizons and pointed out that our goal is not only the family, the close friendly environment, but the target and neighbors are the people who live away from us, even on the edge of the world.

The human and natural environment that our creator has set for us to live in, is immense, geographically and culturally boundless, and has supplied us with all the necessary supplies and all the survival abilities even at the edge of the world. Globalization is not to be feared, but it is a challenge to exploit the gifts of the creator in our everyday life.

Every time we drink we usually say “Cheers”. It is a historical phrase with the purpose of wishing that what we drink and what we eat contribute to our good health.

And this good habit is proof that the first thing everyone wants is their health, because everything else is inferior. This means that we prioritize the health status of our body, placing it above all other values, because we have the experience that if we are not well in our health, the rest of what we have are useless. This personal finding is the starting point to think about and the value of the health of our inner world, the soul and the spirit of a person.

And if for our perishable body we have more than just wishes to offer, like the experience and knowledge in choosing good foods that will contribute to our health, then we should definitely acquire knowledge and experience in choosing good foods that will contribute to the health of our inner person, and not remain to the wishes during feasts, a mentality that many people have; to live in wishes and expectations, without advancing our knowledge and experience of improving our inner person, the part of our personality that has value after the date of our burial.

The illiterate is neither deaf nor blind. He is the one who has not learned to write and read.

Since nowadays even the blind and the deaf are able to read and listen through the modern methods of communication (sign language, language of the blind), it is obvious that no one can justify their illiteracy, their ignorance of communicating. There is no strong justification for the ignorance I have about the issues of everyday life and consequently also for the ignorance I have about the issues of my inner life, the life of my inner world.

Since we can all hear, read, reflect, listen to other opinions, and judge what is best, we can all choose the best out of the good and not just the good from the evil. This is the big challenge today. Can I, since I know how to read and write, learn more about how to strengthen my inner person, so that I can do what I want, and not do what I do not want to?

The creator has put the supplies inside us, has put the skills within your DNA up front. To me and you, all that remains is the responsibility to activate these mechanisms and skills so that we cease to be illiterate, without knowledge of our worth, slaves and not our own masters.

A critical issue of everyday life is the practical application of the possibilities of faith. Wherever there is faith, man is strengthened with extra power than what he already possesses.

Faith and the applications of faith, add strength, remove vanity, and put in their correct place the facts of life. Faith is not denial, but an addition of power to the daily struggle and through the works of everyday life, my faith is proved. With faith we conquer the stages of wisdom and learn from our mistakes. With faith, we learn to choose the best, not just something good, the better than the modest and temporary portion.

With faith, we do not avoid our daily struggle, but we are enriching our everyday life in new ways. By faith, even simple things seem and become precious. More so, the great things become conquerable, the future is already here, and life does not end in the registry office of our region, but it goes on to the registers of other times.