Life Unraveled

Life Unraveled

The journey of a frail pilgrim trying to love God and love others

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Going Beyond Our Wants

March 2, 2011

Remember what it was like as kids to walk through a toy store?  We want this, and then that, and then we HAVE to have something else.  The many options confuse us and create an enormous restlessness in us.  When someone says, “Well, what do you want? You can have one thing.  Make up your mind,” we do not know what to choose.

As long as our hearts keep vacillating among these many wants, it is difficult to move forward in life with inner peace and joy.  I think that is why we need inner and outer spiritual disciplines–to go beyond all our personal wants and dreams, to understand the WORLD’S needs, and to explore what mission God might be calling us toward.

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