The first thing that Christ would tell us to start this journey would probably be:
DO NOT BE AFRAID....
And we tell you the same thing.  Do not be afraid.  Certainly there are questions, doubts, regrets, etc.  You must have in mind that to be in God you don't have to be perfect. You don't have to be a priest or a nun.  You don't have to look like those people who look holy (you and only you must know that you are in the way), you don't have to LOOK LIKE YOU ARE GOOD, you don't have to be popular, people don't need to like you.
But, yes, we are all called to be saints, yes, we all can get to know God, we can all BE IN GOD.  It is not impossible, nor as difficult as we can think of.  Because it is he, himself who feeds us with more hunger of him.  The only thing we have to do is to want to love him more and more, to allow ourselves to trust him and not to forget that all images that we have of ourselves are not real.
We are as onions.  An onion is made of layers.  We must get to know all our layers, they are true in themselves, but we must trespass them in order to get to the center which is God.  You'll probably tell me:  What do you mean?
Well, very simple: lets say that you have allways told that you are a very gentle person.  That is very good, but it could be one of your layers. If you are gentle with personal intentions, then it is not valid.  There is only one purpose we should have in all our actions and this purpose should be to surrender to God.  As God is love in himself, we must therefore surrender to love, the reason why we catholics should do everything with love is because without it, our actions don't mean anything.  IF I DON'T HAVE LOVE, I AM NOTHING.
Do not get confused though, because love can be confusing.  Many peple think wrongly about love.  In different stages of our grought we find out that love is allways more than we think it was.  Our first stages of loving usually start in a very selfish kind of love, even the love for God can be missunderstood.  But do not get dicouraged.  Once you make the decision to love God, he will show you how wrong we are about it.  But again, always try to be honest.  Honesty and humbleness are the key to a good relationship with God.
So, the bases are set, but now we need the practical steps:
Please DON'T THINK THAT YOU HAVE TO do all this.  We are only suggesting.  Your way is only yours and you will see what you are able to do:
1. You can start by trying to assist to mass as much as you can.  This is our food.  What would hapen to our flesh body without food?  We would certainly die.  Well, with our spiritual body happens the same thing, although we do not die, we just get weak.  We NEED to eat Christ flesh and blood, they are our spiritual food and there is nothing that can replace it.
2. Try to confess yourself as much as you can.  If not with a priest, then with yourself.  There are two important reasons to do this: a) Because confession is like washing your dishes or your clothes.  The soap is God's forgiveness, you doing laundry or using the dishwasher is your confession.  Would you like to eat your food in a dirty plate?  Would you wear your underwear all dirty? No?  Well, it is the same thing with your soul.  Do not allow it to stink! b) The second reason is because through recognizing your mistakes you allow yourself to be humble, also it helps you to be authentic, helps you to understand that you are imperfect  and that you can be part of a perfect being only through God, because you are dependent of him and you were created to his image, therefore your natural spiritual tendency is to go to the perfection.  Through the understanding of your so many imperfections you get to acquire the knowledge that only through surrendering to him you can have peace and happiness.  There is not any other way.
3.  Try to think of God throughout the day.  Any second in which you find yourself thinking about anything and you get conscious about it, change the subject in your mind and think about God.  Think for example, how beautiful is the sky created by him.  How perfect are the flowers that grow everywhere, or look at the grass or the trees and look how they move with the wind and think that you are like them.  BE part of all that God created. These are only examples, but you can create your own images and make yourself aware of your own existance in God all day long.  This is an exercise that must be practiced your entire life.  With the time, it'll come naturaly to you and you will find yourself thanking God for everything you have or you are.  Please click on the link below to continue this lesson:

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