“We must learn to regard people less in the light of what they do or omit to do, and more in the light of what they suffer.” Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Letters and Papers from Prison
We all suffer. Each of us carries the weight of our own brokenness. And yet, we live in a culture that would have us believe that there is something wrong anyone who is not “happy” and “successful”, as evidenced by what we have accomplished. Intricately woven into our notion of happiness is the underlying assumption that to be happy we must do all of the right things. In other words, if we are suffering, then we are doing something wrong. The increasing popularity of “how to” articles and books point to our incessant need for improving upon who we are.
No matter how many psycho/spiritual practices we incorporate into our days, while I do not discount their value and importance in…
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