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Days 219-223 – Ego vs. Arrogance – Does your ego get a bad rap?
“Arrogance is as insidious as ego is natural. Arrogance seeks attention at the expense of others. Ego appreciates attention honestly earned. Wisdom does not allow joy to be determined by praise or blame.” – Erie Chapman Continue reading
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Days 129-133 – From Which Well Do You Drink?
“Fear fuels desire, not Love. Love leads us to genuine passion. How exhausting to drink each day from Fear’s well. How exhilarating to discover Love’s well – there to drink, perhaps for the first time, free of worry.” -Erie Chapman Continue reading
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Days 79-81 – Pursuing Ourselves
“We don’t become unselfish by trying not to be. We succeed only when we dissolve the separation between our ego and God – when we recognize our ego and begin to separate from it.” – Reverend Erie Chapman Continue reading
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Days 25-26- The Inner Life of Caregivers
When we truly love ourselves, we are not engaging in the indulgence of our egos. Instead, we are accepting, with humility, the gift of the life we have been given by God. Continue reading
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Day 290 – Our Soul’s Voice & Ego’s Noise
Does our soul speak surer because it lives free from our ego’s noise? Continue reading
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Day 49 – Love’s Ideal
Love, remarkably, does not discriminate. She opens her arms to embrace the most unlovable-seeming among us as warmly as she does laughing babies. Her stream of kindness extends even to those of us who idealize her and yearn for her… Continue reading
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Day 4 – Love: What’s In It For You?
Why would I want to engage in an activity that involves the disappearance of my ego? After all, isn’t my ego who I am? These are soul-shaking questions. The most encouraging answers come not so much from the famous as… Continue reading
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