Sublime

and how to close the gap between who you really are in your inner, private world and how you appear in the outer, social world.

If we insist on valuing our self-worth by our appearance and performance, sooner or later God will graciously allow us to see the futility of that struggle. The Lord never meant for us to find the fulfillment of our self-worth and significance in the opinions of others.

the churning fear. The individual now feels that he counts, that he belongs. He senses the confirmation of his roots, and even death becomes a little thing.

We rob ourselves of immeasurable joy when we compare what we do know about ourselves with what we don’t know about someone else.

“I am in the ego’s world, doing ego things, earning a living, and meeting the bank manager, but these mundane acts are sacred to me.”