Worth It

G.K. Chesterton wrote "if it's worth doing, it is worth doing poorly". It would seem like a formula for mediocrity when it is often said that "if you can't do it well, don't do it". Yet, as always, there is so much wisdom in Chesterton. It is a good parameter for discerning what is truly important to us.

Most of the impotant things in life, we begin so poorly. Marriage, child-rearing, caring for the elderly, and our attempt at holiness, all these important undertaking are difficult at first. Yet, we don't give up. We persevere until we grow better. And grace do come if we are willing to stay on. Commitment is, thus, borne knowing it is worth it and it is where God has called us to be.

And this is what love is all about, knowing the worth of it- people, endeavours, things and having them in its right order. If it's worth it, we commit to it through grace and effort, and that is what growing in love is all about.

Worth and that is what dignity (dignitas) means. It is finding a gift and turning it to a treasure until we finally come to know and live out our precious worth and treat others the same. Love is worth it and love means worth it.