Sometimes, it isn’t the greatness of the task that you do
It’s the greatness of the opposition you overcame to do it
The Greatness of the Task
A Lust for Savagery
Everyone claims that they long for peace
But then see how they crave contention with the “other side”
And even cheer for acts of violence against them.
They are not open about their lust for savagery
They are restrained only by the need to maintain appearances.
But one day, they will not feel that restraint any longer
And then the true terrors will begin.
Relationship with the Ideal
All people fail us. At one point or another, each person betrays the bond that they have made with us. This is not an excuse to cut off our relationships, though. It is still right and prudent to invest in people and relationships. But to protect our soul against heartbreak, we must also develop even stronger bonds to the ideal and the transcendent, which will never fail us. Just as we have a relationship with people, we can, and must, have a relationship with each of the virtues. And then we remain committed to the relationship, not just for the person, but for the ideal’s sake.
So,
Become married to the ideal of marriage
Begin a romance with romance
Be a friend of friendship
Fall in love with love
And be loyal to loyalty
Stop Trying to Change the World
Stop trying to change the world. When people use that term today, all they mean is finding fault elsewhere and making others change.
Which doesn’t work, because they are doing the same thing, finding fault in you, and trying to make you change.
And in this cycle no one actually changes. They only become more entrenched.
So, stop trying to change the world.
Just change yourself.
Identity as God
If you insist on a God that accepts a certain part of your identity
Then you worship that identity, not God
Intentional Good
Making good choices has to be intentional
To make bad choices one can just be asleep at the wheel
The Practice of Striving
It is the practice of striving
Not the act of doing
That prepares us for heaven
Fix the World
Each side wants to fix the world by overcoming the other
To make the other side surrender to their side
And by so doing, they only make the world worse
There is only one way that the world could be fixed
And that is by each side surrendering to Christ
How the World Can Ever Change
Maybe even if I change
The world will stay the same
But on the other hand,
How can the world ever change
If I’m still staying the same
Force Follows
Without a shared moral core
We have nothing from which to reason together
And when reasoning fails
Force follows
Spiritual Wanderings 