To be what I am and not be what I am not – a challenging if not impossible effort. The heart has feelings and wants to be in relation – a both–and condition, it leads with submission. The mind uses logic and needs to be with science – an either-or separation, it transacts with reason.Continue reading “Good Faith”
Category Archives: Virtue
Losing
When at a lost whether total or not, it is always best to surrender. Beaten requires submission, surrender means losing graciously Competing for a title of epitaph or land, imposes on another. So, losing a game or war forces a surrender and accepting terms. Maintaining an emotional balance, contorts my being. So, losing my temperContinue reading “Losing”
Escape Entanglement
What am I to do? Despite the Truth, I seem ill-equipped to endure temptation and avoid muddle. What is the Way? The allurement of “love” and enticement of “success” are rife with superficial deals Why do I have-to change? Life is the same old same old challenge and we are all saved that is theContinue reading “Escape Entanglement”
Balance
Harmony is not achieved per se. Harmony is realized in relation… a delicate balance of being together alone – deep appreciation and devoted protection. Appreciation is awareness composed with suffering that appalls, vigilant with enhancements that appeals – regarding regardless of outcomes. Protection is attentiveness centering the marginalized with trust, transforming the satisfied with thirstContinue reading “Balance”
Right Intention
Jesus came to make reparation and he taught us to have compassion to do good works was correct action but they must be with the right intention. “No matter how good the work may be, no matter what solace it may bring. unless our intention is super – natural, the greater good is not done.”[1]Continue reading “Right Intention”
Kindness
“I am so anxious that you have an invincible kindness”[1] Show all sincere esteem. Give all the kindness of gentleness and patience. What joy we will live! What blessedness we will have! “For kindness begets kindness.”[2] What holds us? Charity – Bound by God’s love Our hearts beat as one in the Spirit Kindness createsContinue reading “Kindness”
Liberty
Detached, we have liberty… unfettered of worldly accouterments, and empowered by heavenly Will – this is real life, freedom, and happiness. “the virtue of evangelical poverty. does not make us parsimonious, stoical, or cynical, we do not despise those who have means. It does not make us communists.”[1] Possession puts us out of touch, propertyContinue reading “Liberty”
Distracted
Unfocused hinders connecting scene and tone, leads to impulse with attitude and left alone. Unprepared creates crisis in space and time – an uphill battle of endless treadmill incline. So too, unintended consequences increase as exploring the right course and right way decrease. Wandering round in hopeless complication, lost in the throes of a desperateContinue reading “Distracted”
Pivot
The moment between action and reaction gives truth a chance regardless of redaction. That moment is suspended in scene and tone – the sound in between notes a liminal zone. That moment can be filled with ritual, which leads response but it’s not perpetual. That moment if lived withContinue reading “Pivot”
Listening
The essence of dialogue is to listen well. Being heard, explicitly promotes implicit communion. Listening nurtures our story and opens our eyes. Listening sustains our being and bridges our souls. To listen well chooses life… To give our ear finds love… To take in another’s Word – initiates wholeness. Being quiet attunes the soul. ToContinue reading “Listening”
