Suffering can thus be seen in large part as a kind of resistance or reactivity to the pain of the present moment. (p. 74)
Change is not what we expect from religious people. They tend to love the past more than the present or the future.
The shape of evil is much more superficiality and blindness than the usual list of hot sins. God hides, and is found, precisely in the depths of everything.
God seems to be about turning our loves around and using them toward the great love that is their true object.
In the second half of life, people have less power to infatuate you. But they also have much less power to control you or hurt you.
I would wonder if you could be a hero or heroine if you did not live in deep time, that is, Past, present, and future all at once.
When we fail we are merely joining the great parade of humanity that has walked ahead of us and will follow after us.
every time God forgives us, God is saying that God's own rules do not matter as much as the relationship that God wants to create with us.
Taking into account the public's regrettable lack of taste, it is incumbent upon you not to fit in.
To lead a successful life, then, it's a good idea to work out what you really want. Then get together some plans. Then set some goals.
Science and Spirituality are two sides of the same coin and we cannot separate one from the other. Science is trying to find the truth in an objective or physical manner where as spirituality tries it subjectively or metaphysically.
One can memorize all words written about Christ but without a heart connection to Him, one does not know Him, and they will not be saved by Him.
... self-control is not control by oneself through one's own willpower but rather control of oneself through the power of the Holy Spirit.
The more I read arguments for atheism, the more I am convinced it takes a very strong faith to be an atheist. And atheism seems to me the least reasonable of all faiths.
Color directly influences the soul. Color is the keyboard, the eyes are the hammers, the soul is the piano with many strings. The artist is the hand that plays, touching one key or another purposively, to cause vibrations in the soul.
It is impossible to create if you live in the past or obsessing about the future. Live in the Present where you can design your future.
I take it hard when an animal in my care suffers or dies. I take it even harder when the animal's suffering is the result of human exploitation or carelessness.
Morning Short List 1. Woke up ✓ 2. Air to breath ✓ 3. Food to eat ✓ 4. Roof over head ✓ ...yep, it's a Good day!
The profound paradox is that the great man became more confident in his approach to others, including the man of his own Cabinet, but he recognized that his major confidence was not himself but in Another.
He appreciated you. But he couldn't feed your soul for the rest of your life. Can't you just appreciate that he was great for you for that period of time?
men should not be sexing their women in the missionary position because they are facing away from the sky. Instead of looking down, men are to look up. To the vastness of Father Sky
