Only surrender to God's love is enough! Because of the abundance of solutions to many of our needs, sometimes we tend to evaluate our wellbeing or our relationship of communion with God by the quantity of the external things we can do or offer in order to achieve wellbeing or communion with God. As a consequence, the importance of inner freedom is left out. From today's readings, we learn that it is not how much we offer to God or consume that will make us better or bring us closer to God. Communion with God depends on how much love we bring and how wholeheartedly we surrender ourselves to him. Even in matters of physical and intellectual needs, we do not need the best of what this world has to offer in order to gain good health or grow in wisdom. We only need his love and tender care. In the Babylonian King's palace, Daniel and his companions are a good example of a complete surrender to God's love. Even the King finds them healthier and wiser than those who had indulged in the abundance of the palace. We need to be like Daniel and companions - free from inordinate attachments.