I keeping looking back to my junior high school teacher saying we were the best and the brightest and we would change the world. I am doing good to do my chores and work through my to do list. I don’t see how I can possibly change the world. I am happy I made it through my chores and to do list. I was pooped when I got through. I am still healing from my surgery and my stamina and endurance just aren’t there. I tell myself, be patient. The nurses are telling me I am healing. Eventually everything well fall into place, but I don’t see how I will be changing the world. So it is with my spiritual life. I want something dramatic, an encounter with God, so revelation of the divine. I just don’t get that. All I get is a listening ear. This teaches me humility and a few laughs.
Insight
Character
When we are young, we think that our physique, intelligence, education, and personality will get us through life. It varies from individual to individual, but we eventually see that character is the bedrock on which Read more…