Ignorance
"Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance, is the death of knowledge." - Alfred North WhiteheadHow little I understood when I was living as an alcoholic. How little I wanted to know. Ignorance was bliss in addiction. I had no idea how serious my alcoholism was - how it had developed in all areas of my life, how destructive and negative I had become - until I was made to "see" reality in treatment. Reluctantly, I opened my eyes to recognize my ignorance. I knew I needed to change my attitude if I was to recover. The enemy of the spiritual life is ignorance because it stops me from realizing the strength and healing power of spirituality that has been given by God. All I need do is discover and appreciate it.
I pray for the courage to confront the ignorance in my life.-----------------------------------------------------------------------
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The Opportunity of
Life
There is nothing that
lives independently by itself. Every animal, every human being, even all the
planets themselves depend on something. Animals depend on other animals. People
depend on each other. The planets depend on the sun.
From this, we learn there is always a place and space to hear each other, to be part of each other’s life. So if we choose to live as loners, we have lost one of the greatest opportunities that life grants us. |
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