April 26, 2018
If you dare risk it, ask someone for a critical evaluation of something which is important to you, but do not do this carelessly or without inner preparation. It may be more painful than you would guess. – O’Connor, Our Many Selves
April 25, 2018
What you criticize in another, try to find in yourself. We want to discover our dark selves, not In order that they may be condemned and banished out of sight, but in order that we may have conversation with them and they may lead us to the light. This is the promise if we will […]
April 24, 2018
If I respect the plurality in myself, and no longer see my jealous self as the whole of me, then I have gained the distance I need to observe it, listen to it, and let it acquaint me with a piece of my own lost history. In this way I come into possession of more […]
April 23, 2018
Readings for this week come from Elizabeth O’Connor’s book, Our Many Selves. In it, she lifts away the fear that when we confess our shortcomings and subterfuges, we negate our identity. Yes, we sometimes fall victim to our skills, for others praise us for those capabilities. Instead, O’Connor invites us to release the trappings of […]
