What Is Compassion, Really, and How Can We Truly Practice It?
“If we long to be in the world who God is, then, somehow, our compassion has to find its way to vastness.”
“If we long to be in the world who God is, then, somehow, our compassion has to find its way to vastness.”
“Only to the extent that we expose ourselves over and over to annihilation can that which is indestructible be found in us.”
“Discovering our identity comes first with uprooting everything we’ve ever known about who we are.”
“It is funny how mortals always picture us as putting things into their minds: in reality our best work is done by keeping things out.”
“God willed me and planned my being. He sees my uniqueness, dedicated to Him, as promising. And yours!”
“Every day, think as you wake up, ‘I am fortunate to be alive. I have a precious human life. I am not going to waste it.’”
“And even if what you want to accomplish in the world were the most amazing feat: you shall acknowledge the lily and the bird as your teachers…”