Daily Meditation: Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Jesus said: ‘You are the salt of the earth, but if the salt …

08/21/2007

Jesus said: ‘You are the salt of the earth, but if the salt loses its flavour… it is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.’ Salt comes from the sea, and it is linked to the mystery of our origins. It is absolutely vital to our organism, and many foods seem insipid to us if we do not add a little salt. It is therefore as if Jesus were saying to us: ‘Thanks to you, the earth will acquire flavour. You will preserve all that is good and beautiful and will give meaning to life. For this is what meaning is: flavour. You are bearers of the meaning of life, and through you everything in the world will take on meaning. Do not put yourself in situations where you can lose this quality of salt, or you will be crushed by events.’ Philosophers create endless dissertations on the meaning of life, but in fact it is very simple: the meaning of life is in the flavour we find in things, and it is the spirit, yes, the spirit within us that gives them this flavour.