46 actas del xii congreso católicos y vida pública world and think about how it’s going. Up to now I have laid out a very ambitious and difficult calling for us. Let me say that we’ll only do that calling well if we’re reflective people who are every day stopping to take a little stock of, how am I doing? How is It going? Am I doing what I want to be doing? Am I being the best person I should be? I could hear the image of a race car driver taking a pit stop, because every race car driver is smart enough to know that it’s impossible to drive a 500-mile race without stopping for fuel and tire change, but we live our daily lives often like idiotic race car drivers who never stop for fuel or tires. And so, at a minimum maybe we could think of three, four, five minutes after lunch at the end of a workday, during that time no telephone, no social media, no music, no nothing, just me and my creator. I remind myself why I’m grateful. We spend the whole day thinking about problems, think about why I am grateful as a Christian and lift my horizon. Remind myself of my calling and third, think about the people I’ve met so far today, the situations I was in. Reflect on whether I behaved as a loving leader should behave and show leadership at all? or, did I shy away from its part of my calling? and then maybe take away some lesson that might serve me in the next few minutes, few hours of my day. I think it’s important that we have a little bit of time for questions or conversations so, how about if I pause here for a moment and if there is a question or comment it is most welcome and if we have a moment or two before 12:30, I could share one final idea before we all go away. Nelson Mandela said: “My greatest enemy was not those who put or kept me in prison. It was myself. I was afraid to be who I am.” Well, here is the final thought I might like to share with you all. I laid out an ambitious agenda for us as leaders. One accepts our leadership calling and responsibility. Two, keep improving every day our practices as leaders so that we can win the respect and confidence of others. Three, role model, a loving servant, leadership style, because this is what will inspire us, motivate us, challenge us to be in the world engaged in public life, solving problems. Fourth, that we will only do this well if we have a habit of reflecting every day on how we’re doing, are we filling or calling? And finally comes courage. Without courage nothing can be accomplished well, and you’ve been reading this quote from Nelson Mandela and let me comment on it and connect it to our lives. Many of you I saw in the auditorium are too young, but I myself
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