Jim

“Life is difficult. This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths. It is a great truth because once we truly see this truth, we transcend it. Once we truly know that life is difficult ―once we truly understand and accept it― then life is no longer difficult. Because once it is accepted, the fact that life is difficult no longer matters.”
― M. Scott Peck, The Road Less Traveled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values and Spiritual Growth

“It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution.”
― Oscar Wilde

“Everyone’s true self is a unique creation of God’s, and the way to sanctity is to become the unique self that God wishes us to be.”
― James Martin, Becoming Who You Are: Insights on the True Self from Thomas Merton and Other Saints

“Behold the One beholding you and smiling.” It is precisely because we have such an overactive disapproval gland ourselves that we tend to create God in our own image. It is truly hard for us to see the truth that disapproval does not seem to be part of God’s DNA. God is just too busy loving us to have any time left for disappointment.”
― Gregory Boyle, Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion