Dear Ulilah, Here we go again.\u00a0 Only a couple weeks into it and you\u2019re already complaining about being \u201ctoo busy.\u201d\u00a0 What a useless complaint.\u00a0 Either you have taken on too many commitments (in which case you should prioritize them according to your personal goals and excise the less relevant ones), or you are being lazy (spending too much time shooting pool in the student center when you should be studying or working), or you are unorganized (not planning in advance how you will spend your week, how you will approach each class, setting short term goals for all your responsibilities), or you are being unrealistic (consciously spreading yourself thin because you think it\u2019s worth it, but wanting to feel as if you weren\u2019t spread thin).\u00a0 Be humble, be honest: which one is it?\u00a0 OK, now make the adjustment.\u00a0 Just do it; no more whining.\u00a0 I will give you prayer support. Ask St Ultan\u2019s intercession too.\u00a0 This bishop knew how to spin plenty of plates.\u00a0 In addition to his exemplary virtue, eloquent preaching and writing, and particular care for orphans and sick children, there is a curious anecdote that you may find instructive (or, at least, entertaining).\u00a0 One day Ultan was feeding children with his right hand when a desperate messenger arrived begging him to come and defend his people against a wave of invading Norse pirates.\u00a0 Instead of leaving his young charges behind, he simply lifted his left hand and invoked the Lord\u2019s assistance.\u00a0 At that, the marauders departed. There you have it: if your first concern is serving Christ, everything else will fall into place. Punctually yours, Uncle Eddy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Dear Ulilah, Here we go again.\u00a0 Only a couple weeks into it and you\u2019re already complaining about being \u201ctoo busy.\u201d\u00a0 What a useless complaint.\u00a0 Either you have taken on too […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":359,"featured_media":145992,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[3719],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-142217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncle-eddy"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"","pp_force_visibility":null,"pp_subpost_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_force_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_subpost_visibility":null,"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n