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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03573 – Resisting Grace
All human nature vigorously resists grace because grace changes us and the change is painful.
03438 – Where the Light Enters
I said: What about my eyes?He said: Keep them on the road. I said: What about my passion? He said: Keep it burning. I said: What about my heart? He said: Tell me what you hold inside it. I said: Pain and sorrow. He said: Stay with it. The wound is the place where the...
03433 – MTM Quotes
--Sometimes you have to get to know someone really well to realize you’re really strangers. --Having a dream is what keeps you alive. Overcoming the challenges makes life worth living. --Take chances, make mistakes. That’s how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage....
03432 – Epiphany of Grace
Matthew writes: “[Herod] sent and killed all the children in and around Bethlehem who were two years old or under.” Jesus is born, but in Flannery O’Connor’s words, “at a devastating price.” No one knows how many children died; the New Testament alone documents the...
03424 – Midwives of Hope
God is always waiting to be born. And so it is. The magic of Christmas is the magic of our rebirthing God into the world for the sake of peace and goodwill to all creation. Divine birth is both painful and beautiful, as all births are. But this is our part in the...
03396 – Anger & Pain
Where there is anger, there is always pain underneath.
03374 – Want to Change?
The willingness to change comes when the pain of staying where you are is too great.
03327 – True Compassion
True compassion means not only feeling another's pain but being moved to help relieve it.
03316 – Responding to Outrageous Pain
We live in a world of outrageous pain. The only response to outrageous pain is outrageous love.