Maturity is the ability to joyfully live in an imperfect world.
01888 – What is Maturity?
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01677 – Hope & Faith; Hearing & Dancing
Hope is the ability to hear the music of the future. Faith is having the courage to dance to it today.
01669 – Responding to the Divine Presence
This is another trait common to God-bearers or Jesus-types--it isn't that God has preordained them to serve a special function. They have simply developed their ability and willingness to respond to the Divine Presence to a degree that enables them to be particularly...
01539 – Peace and Conflict
Peace is not the absence of conflict; it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.
01520 – Fear Lurks Behind Perfectionism
Aim for success, not perfection. Never give up your right to be wrong, because then you will lose the ability to learn new things and move forward with your life. Remember that fear always lurks behind perfectionism.
01497 – Adaptive Capacity is Applied Creativity
In essence, adaptive capacity is applied creativity. It is the ability to look at a problem or crisis and see an array of unconventional solutions. Adaptive capacity includes the quality Keats found essential to the genius of Shakespeare--negative capability. This...
00065 – Worshiping God Who is More than My Understanding
I need a God who is bigger and more nimble and mysterious than what I could understand and contrive. Otherwise it can feel like I am worshiping nothing more than my own ability to understand the divine.