Let the Magis come out.....

“Excellence can be obtained if you:
...care more than others think is wise;
...risk more than others think is safe;
...dream more than others think is practical;
...expect more than others think is possible.”

Magis....I get a lot of comments about my business' name MAGIS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES. What's Magis? Isn't that The Three Kings? Aahhh....MagiC!

Most times, students of the Jesuit-run Ateneo or graduates of this school or its affiliates, ask me this. I have to remind them that as Ateneans they of all people must know what this means. Putting it simply, it means doing more, loving more, helping more...(for the greater glory of God, if I may add). I like the way this precept challenges us to always do more, or think out of the box whenever we implement a project. God bless St. Ignatius for this precept of his!

I wish people understood the thought of the Magis and that if only we let it be our guiding light in every thing that we do, then a lot of tasks will be accomplished in ways that we want them done.

My daughter used to mind (I think she still does) everytime I reminded her of the magis and that it's an expectation that we have set for all of us in the family (there's just me, my husband and my daughter). That whatever project or assignment she makes, she has ot make sure that it speaks well of her as a person and student. I just wish her teachers bothered as well. I can't blame her if she's not motivated; not when she talks of teachers who are lackadaisical inhow they teach.

I, too, am guilty of not being consistent in practicing the magis but I practically kick myself whenever I find myself doing a mediocre job out of something. In my line of business, I can't afford to be mediocre although, yes, I've been guilty of being lousy sometimes.

Whatever it is though that makes us want to do the right things right, we need to remember that it's not what we do that counts as much as HOW we do them -- especially when we are capable of doing a better job!

Go on, let the magis in you come out and do your Creator proud!