"When you begin to think outside the box, you often become some other "leaders" lousy follower. That usually costs something" (Andy Rayner)

"Our guardian angels are bored." (Mike Foster)

It's where I feel I'm at these days. “In the second half of life, it is good just to be a part of the general dance. We do not have to stand out, make defining moves, or be better than anyone else on the dance floor. Life is more participatory than assertive, and there is no need for strong or further self-definition” (Falling Upward. Richard Rohr.120).

Sunday, March 11, 2018

Intelligence Doesn't Guarantee Love, But Holiness Does

So true. We can have all the knowledge and IQ in the world, but it is no assurance of love and kindness. We can be as intelligent and not good, moral, or kind. It is not an oxymoron.

However, if we are "Holy", we must love and be kind. We can not be holy without it. To hily and unkind and unloving is an oxymoron. 

"The hour in our life in which we are best employed is the hour in which we best love Jesus. 

A soul does good to others not in the measure of its knowledge or intelligence but in that of its holiness."

~ Charles de Foucauld. Meditations of a Hermit

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