“Our vocation is not simply to be, but to work together with God in the creation of our own life, our own identity, our own destiny. We are free beings and sons of God. This means to say that we should not passively exists, but actively participate in His creative freedom, in our own lives, and in the lives of others, by choosing the truth. To put it better, we are called to share with God the work of creating the truth of our identity. We can evade this responsibility by playing with masks, and this pleases us because it appears at times to be a free and creative way of living. It is quite easy, it seems it pleases everyone. But in the long run the cost and the sorrow come very high. To work out our own identity in God, which the Bible calls “working out our salvation,” is a labor that requires sacrifice and anguish, risk and many tears. It demands close attention to reality at every moment, and great fidelity to God as He reveals Himself, obscurely, in the mystery of each new situation.”
-Thomas Merton, The Seeds of Contemplation, P. 32
you want to creat something,you must face to lose
Posted by: ghd | October 13, 2010 at 05:49 AM