Monday, July 21, 2008

Discovery

Does discovering who you are awaken a kind of inner unrest?....If you started accusing yourself of all that is in you, would your nights and days be long enough?  Brother Roger of Taize, Essential Writings

The Human Condition

It is no easy task to walk this earth and find peace.  Inside of us, it would seem, something is at odds with the very rhythm of things and we are forever restless, dissatisfied, frustrated, and aching.  We are so overcharged with desire that it is hard to come to simple rest.  Desire is always stronger than satisfaction.  R. Rolheiser,  The Holy Longing