By Cristina
Tortalla
Source: LivingCity
When I started
my first job after college, it was at a Catholic organization, and when I first
arrived there I thought that everyone who worked there would be “nice.” But I
soon realized that even in a religious organization, there are all kinds of
people with all kinds of attitudes. I understood that loving would have to
start from me.
Since the
organization had been going through some restructuring, people were being laid
off and departments re-organized. This caused tension, fear and suspense, and
created strange dynamic even in my own team. It seemed that some colleagues
were trying to make me look bad in front of my supervisors. I stopped looking
forward to going to work. And in order to avoid the gossip and negativity, I
decided to stay out of the way and just focus on doing my job the best I could.
One day when I
went to Mass during my lunch break, I had arrived late. The moment I entered
the church, the priest was reading the Gospel that said: “If you say you love
me but don’t love your brother, you are a liar.”
Going back to
the office, I knew what I had to do. It was so hard to smile at my colleague
and ask how she was — it hurt my pride, but I made it.
Now I try to
keeping going ahead doing this, and every time I fall, that reading comes to
mind and helps me start again. God knows how to talk to us, and he really has a
sense of humor!
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