The ego can’t abide the mystery in, “I don’t know. I really don’t.”
Category Archives: reflections on worth
Teachers, at the end of your year…
Like most of you, most of them are looking forward to a break. But do not forget about the few who aren’t… They are why you teachers matter beyond anyone’s understanding…
How enormous I, and you, are
What occurs to me more and more often is how enormous I am. How much power I have in my own little world. How much potential I have that I myself do not even recognize and I am not aware of. More and more, it is astounds me how enormous my power is. My youngestContinue reading “How enormous I, and you, are”
Neil’s Emmanuel Prayer for Neil
My Sweet and All-Merciful Lover, By Your freely-given grace that has seen me through all things, and always will, I will pour out what You have filled my heart with, in the staggering certainty of faith. When the anxious, fearful, and ashamed Neil rises up in me today, as he surely will, fill me withContinue reading “Neil’s Emmanuel Prayer for Neil”
Suffering demands a fix. We lie to ourselves
Every act you have performed to alleviate suffering in the world amounts to sacrificing something of yourself.
“Blessings” are horrendous and offensive. Descartes
Comparison is the fuel of the ego engine.