Fwd: 'I'm Too Lazy and Mediocre to Deserve the Life I Want!'
In prayer, she wrote, it is No longer: I want this or that, but: Life is great and good and fascinating and eternal, and if you dwell so much on yourself and flounder and fluff about, you miss the mighty eternal current that is life.11 It is in these moments—and I am so grateful for them—that all personal ambition drops away from me, and that my th
... See moreDavid Brooks • The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life
In prayer, she wrote, it is No longer: I want this or that, but: Life is great and good and fascinating and eternal, and if you dwell so much on yourself and flounder and fluff about, you miss the mighty eternal current that is life.11 It is in these moments—and I am so grateful for them—that all personal ambition drops away from me, and that my th
... See moreDavid Brooks • The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life
The Marginalian
themarginalian.orgMan’s Eternal Quest: Collected Talks and Essays on Realizing God in Daily Life – Volume 1
amazon.comHi friend,
I’m having a bit of a tough time at the moment.
Normal challenges are harder than they should be.
Everything is more difficult than usual.
My mood and my energy and my resilience are low.
I’m anxious and imagining bad outcomes happening everywhere, even though there is no reason to.
On days like these I think it’s important to remember a few t
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