Meditation - 11/19 Faith
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Meditation - 11/19 Faith
Faith in a holy cause is, to a considerable extent, a substitute for the lost faith in ourselves.
--Eric Hoffer
Busy! Busy! Busy! We might feel as though we're living our lives on a treadmill always on the go, helping and giving our time to people and causes.
Service and volunteerism can be wonderful ways to help, but only if they augment an already full life. We truly are living on a treadmill if our involvement is an escape from facing our innermost thoughts and fears. We are getting nowhere if our outside activities are all we have to wake up for each morning.
We begin to change when we honestly face our greatest fears. We can search our personalities to find our vulnerable points and then strive to correct what defects we can. It is then that we regain faith in ourselves and in our abilities.
Once I regain faith in myself, I can open my heart to help others.
From the book Finding the Joy in Today by Sefra Kobrin Pitzele
--Eric Hoffer
Busy! Busy! Busy! We might feel as though we're living our lives on a treadmill always on the go, helping and giving our time to people and causes.
Service and volunteerism can be wonderful ways to help, but only if they augment an already full life. We truly are living on a treadmill if our involvement is an escape from facing our innermost thoughts and fears. We are getting nowhere if our outside activities are all we have to wake up for each morning.
We begin to change when we honestly face our greatest fears. We can search our personalities to find our vulnerable points and then strive to correct what defects we can. It is then that we regain faith in ourselves and in our abilities.
Once I regain faith in myself, I can open my heart to help others.
From the book Finding the Joy in Today by Sefra Kobrin Pitzele
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