Dignity is not built on possessing honors, but on the awareness that you deserve them.
04033 – Dignity is Built On…
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03789 – Sign of Intelligence
A sign of intelligence is an awareness of one's own ignorance.
03475 – Once a Child, Always a Child
I am still every age that I have been. Because I was once a child, I am always a child. Because I was once a searching adolescent, given to moods and ecstasies, these are still part of me, and always will be... This does not mean that I ought to be trapped or enclosed...
03389 – The Moment Before it Happens
In the silence of a midwinter dusk, there is a sound so faint that for all you can tell it may be only the sound of the silence itself. You hold your breath to listen. You are aware of the beating of your heart. The extraordinary thing that is about to happen is...
03386 – Advent: We are in Process
Advent is a powerful time to remember that we are in process. We await the arrival not of the cute little baby Jesus, but of the new consciousness he represents—a new way of perceiving and reacting to “reality.” Jesus’ birth heralds the arrival of what we’ve come to...
03340 – Wisdom and Awareness
Wisdom tends to grow in proportion to one's awareness of one's ignorance.
03297 – Realities of Mental Illness
We must normalize the awareness of the realities of mental illness, especially within the church. We must remove the negative stigmas surrounding therapy and counseling. One of the most common and most hurtful phrases I heard in my journey with mental illness was...
03135 – Be More Aware
The more aware we are, the less likely any trigger, even in the most mundane circumstances, will prompt hasty, unthinking behavior that leads to undesirable consequences.
03025 – Essential of Daily Life
For the past eighty years I have started each day in the same manner. It is not a mechanical routine but something essential to my daily life. I go to the piano, and I play two preludes and fugues of Bach. I cannot think of doing otherwise. It is a sort of benediction...
02995 – The Discipline of Gratitude
In the past I always thought of gratitude as a spontaneous response to the awareness of gifts received, but now I realize that gratitude can also be lived as a discipline. The discipline of gratitude is the explicit effort to acknowledge that all I am and have is...