Don't watch your life from the balcony

You can live by watching what happens from above: giving opinions, criticizing, commenting… without ever coming down. Watching opportunities go by, waiting for others to change things, complaining about how bad everything is without lifting a finger. It's comfortable, but it's sad. Pope Francis called it "balconying" life, and asked young people to do just the opposite: to get into it. Getting into life means accepting that you're the protagonist of your story: making decisions, committing, lending a hand, risking mistakes. Circumstances have an influence, but they don't decide for you. And you don't do it alone: God and others go with you.