Now that can be taken in more ways than one. Does it mean we should be more optimistic and keep dreaming? Or does it mean we are oblivious and do not see our spiritual shortcomings? I suppose, being a wise old monk, he was referring to the spirit. I've always wondered about this: On the one hand we are God's beloved- He loves each and every one of us in a special and unique way. But on the other, we are unworthy because we are sinners. It seems we more readily believe in our unworthiness than in our preciousness. And in doing that, we add the sin of pride to the long list. These thoughts make my imagination worse than reality. ..Or am I getting it all wrong?
Well, with this, I thought of a friend with whom I'd worked on a Catholic venue for years.. we're very similar in spirituality and ways of life.. We've never met--kinda offered that up for the work.
Because he is a little one, a servant of the very poor and poor in spirit, I have imagined kissing him sweetly on the forehead in a blessing-hello. Well, of course in reality, we would bonk heads at that moment, and I'd probably send him unconscious, so yes, things may be better in the imagination.
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Now that can be taken in more ways than one. Does it mean we should be more optimistic and keep dreaming? Or does it mean we are oblivious and do not see our spiritual shortcomings?
I suppose, being a wise old monk, he was referring to the spirit. I've always wondered about this: On the one hand we are God's beloved- He loves each and every one of us in a special and unique way. But on the other, we are unworthy because we are sinners. It seems we more readily believe in our unworthiness than in our preciousness. And in doing that, we add the sin of pride to the long list. These thoughts make my imagination worse than reality. ..Or am I getting it all wrong?
Well, with this, I thought of a friend with whom I'd worked on a Catholic venue for years.. we're very similar in spirituality and ways of life.. We've never met--kinda offered that up for the work.
Because he is a little one, a servant of the very poor and poor in spirit, I have imagined kissing him sweetly on the forehead in a blessing-hello. Well, of course in reality, we would bonk heads at that moment, and I'd probably send him unconscious, so yes, things may be better in the imagination.
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