If most of us remain ignorant of ourselves, it is because self-knowledge is painful and we prefer the pleasures of illusion.
03652 – Self-Knowledge is Painful
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03579 – Love: Our True Destiny
Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone--we find it with another.
03551 – What is Wisdom?
Wisdom is the art of living skillfully in whatever actual conditions we find ourselves.
03518 – Precious in God’s Eyes
Once we deeply trust that we ourselves are precious in God's eyes, we are able to recognize the preciousness of others and their unique places in God's heart.
03471 – Experiencing Connection with the Divine
Amid the challenges of life, we seek--consciously or unconsciously--to experience that original connection with the Divine in ourselves and the world. God is on our side. God's loving energy courses through us, inspiring adventure and healing wounds. God is out to...
03260 – Continuing Down this Path…
If we continue down this path of anthropomorphizing corporations and dehumanizing people, if we continue to look at the financial cost of helping people rather than the moral cost of not helping them, we will find ourselves living in a society increasingly devoid of...
03259 – Amending our Amisses
What we know to be amiss in ourselves let us make haste to amend, and put our trust in the mercy of God, and the intercession of our Savior.
03244 – No Monopoly
Let us not take ourselves too seriously. None of us has a monopoly on wisdom.
03194 – We Must Learn Self-Control
Human beings are not born with self-control. We have to learn what to do with the mad that we feel. Learning to control ourselves is a long, hard process. It happens little by little. In fact, it is something we work on all through our lives.
03170 – Just as God Intended
It is mysterious, but somehow, when everything else is stripped away, we find ourselves sitting [at Christ's table] in the abundance that remains. We encounter sustenance for the journey, companions for the road ahead, and the body and blood of Christ, which invites...