The words of our Benedictine Brother, David Steindl-Rast: “Our spiritual skills — intellectual, emotional, attitudinal and so on — can be trained and improved through practices that make us more awake, alert and alive. Spiritual training aims at the highest aliveness. That is why interaction with Mystery, the central task of human life, is at the core of spirituality. The more we wake up and come alive, the more we become aware of our encounter with Mystery in everything we experience.”
“…interaction with Mystery…” This is what Steindl-Rast calls the “central task of human life.” Put it in words that the average person might use: loving Jesus, walking with Christ, following the Way, Presence, touched by The Spirit. There are so many ways to express this central reality. But words won’t get us there. Belief is just the beginning. How I live today, with spiritual intention, will determine my openness to the central task, to a Presence that waits to be greeted and invited into my heart. “Doing” is the doorway.
Take advantage of every opportunity today, every moment, every opening to act like and be Jesus in the world. And you will come face to face with The Divine Mystery. You will encounter God. Your highest calling, the central task of your human life. May it be so. Amen.
Shining Spirit 
I will try.