Today we will pick up with the concluding questions from yesterday's quote by Merton.
Who can escape the secret desire to breathe a different atmosphere from the rest of people?
Who can do good things without seeking to taste in them some sweet distinction from the common run of sinners in this world?
This sickness is most dangerous when it succeeds in looking like humility. When a proud person thinks s/he is humble her/his case is hopeless.
Isn't humility an attribute that others place on individuals? It seems as though such a self-designation would only add to the "different atmosphere" one attempts to have from others. It becomes a way of rising above or beyond others...humbly speaking that is.
Connection: The individual is one who is as much as s/he is...nothing more. In the fullness of that being, it may appear to others as being one who is humble and yet, full of life.
Lord of Many Gifts, you bless each of us and you invite us to enter into your Reign and let our gifts unfold as we become a part of the fullness of your creation. Praise to you. Amen.
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