Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Waal, E. (1999). Seeking God: The Way of St. Benedict (Second Edition).
Conquest of self - Ladder of humility.
First 7 = interior disposition; next 5 exterior. pp30
"I you are not committed to your own adulthood,if you are just coming in and going out, letting others take care of all the ragged edges of our life together, then you will forever see the problem in someone else. If you want to know if you are committed to your own adulthood ask yourself, "in the last three things that bothered me in this community whom did I blame?" This is no more an no less than taking responsibility for myself. 61
Unless I am careful I am tempted to manipulate people ... perhaps I have been much more concerned with where I am myself than seeing where they are, and revealing their importance, to themselves amd to me. Instead I have judged them, stifled them, and in doing this I have been devaluing them, using them to my own advantage. 105
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First 7 = interior disposition; next 5 exterior. pp30
"I you are not committed to your own adulthood,if you are just coming in and going out, letting others take care of all the ragged edges of our life together, then you will forever see the problem in someone else. If you want to know if you are committed to your own adulthood ask yourself, "in the last three things that bothered me in this community whom did I blame?" This is no more an no less than taking responsibility for myself. 61
Unless I am careful I am tempted to manipulate people ... perhaps I have been much more concerned with where I am myself than seeing where they are, and revealing their importance, to themselves amd to me. Instead I have judged them, stifled them, and in doing this I have been devaluing them, using them to my own advantage. 105
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