Shipwrecked In South Carolina: The Best Way to Self-Knowledge

Saturday, March 22, 2008

The Best Way to Self-Knowledge

Solitude, silence, and prayer are often the best ways to self-knowledge.
Not because they offer solutions for the complexity of our lives but because they bring us in touch with our sacred center, where God dwells.
That sacred center may not be analysed.
It is the place of adoration, thanksgiving, and praise.

Henri Nouwen

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My Ditty Bag

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One day at a time.

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We cannot direct the wind but we can adjust our sails.

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We surrender to win;
we give away to keep;
we suffer to get well;
we die to live.

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Know God;
Know Peace
No God;
No Peace

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Learn to listen;
Listen to learn.

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Rule #62:
Do not take my life or myself too damn seriously.

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Resentment is like acid, eating away at the vessel it is stored in.

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Serenity is not the absensce of conflict, but the abiltiy to cope with it.

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Pray is neither black magic or is it a form of demand note.
Prayer is a relationship.

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Lord, take me where you want me to go;
let me meet who you want me to meet;
tell me what you want me to say
and keep me out of your way.

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The problems in my life are not the situations and conditions that I encounter.
It is how I either respond or react to those situations and conditions that transforms them into problems for me.

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