Jean Vanier’s Daily Thought – Wednesday
22 January 2014 “Contradictions”
We human beings are made up of
contradictions. Part of us is attracted by the light and by God, and wants to
care for our brothers and sisters. Another part of us wants frivolity,
possessions, domination or success; it wants to be surrounded by approving friends,
who will ward off sadness, depression or aggression. We are so deeply divided
that we will reflect equally an environment which tends towards the light and
concern for others, and one which scorns these values and encourages the
desires for power and pleasure. As long as our deepest motivation is not clear
to us and as long as we have not chosen the people and the place of our growth
in its light, we will remain weak and inconsistent, as changeable as
weathercocks. (Jean Vanier, Community and Growth, page 165)
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