“Life is not tried, it is merely survived if you’re standing outside the fire.”
When country singer Garth Brooks wrote those lyrics in 1993 I doubt he thought it might lead to prayer.

“Fire: while it warms us with God’s love, it wants to burn our selfishness, to enlighten the dark sides of life – we all have them, eh! – to consume the false idols that enslave us.”
“To set people’s hearts on fire”, this is how Vincent described the vocation of his followers. He allowed God’s fire to transform him!

“Life is not tried, it is merely survived
If you’re standing outside the fire.” Garth Brooks “To set people’s hearts on fire, to do what the Son of God did.” St. Vincent de Paul