The key to success is authenticity. Everyone has to be themselves sooner or later. We all have our own little vineyard to take care of. So, why do some Catholics become religious or clerics? Who knows? Why choose the Franciscans over the Benedictines? Again, who knows? What will be, will be. One thing is for sure, it was St. Francis’s utter trust in Jesus and the subsequent poverty that gave St. Francis a free hand. St. Francis succeeded in perfecting himself. He became a saint of all things! Can any of us be as much? Will it even matter when all is said and done? If nothing else, at least inherit the kingdom of Heaven.