Transformed but .....

Yes, easter reminds us that we are called to a transformed reality to being people transformed but there remains the reality that is always before us. Being in Bangkok, I name it as the "we just do what we can" reality. Here at home with mum and dad, I see two people, living a limited existence due to the frailty of their years. One could say that they don't have much in life but they have what they have and they have each other. Like me in Bangkok, they live life within their limitations and do the best they can. I think of all that limits me in my reality in Bangkok. I go everywhere by public transport in a city overcome by traffic. This means that I am limited in where I can be and for how long but I do what I can. I face the demands of government bureaucracy when dealing with issues like my visa but I do what I can. I have limited resources for my work but I do what I can. I keep learning Thai and am yet to master the language after so long but I do what I can. I guess we are caught in between the two levels of our reality. One is that call to the ever greater, the ever beyond. The other is that we live in an environment and context that set up our own set of limitations that we have to deal with in our life. This is what being human is all about. We keep struggling but we also keep striving and believing no mtter what.