Listen to God with a broken heart. He is not only the doctor who mends it, but also the father who wipes away the tears.
Criss JamiGood works is giving to the poor and the helpless, but divine works is showing them their worth to the One who matters.
Criss JamiThe older you get, the more you understand how your conscience works. The biggest and only critic lives in your perception of people's perception of you rather than people's perception of you.
Criss JamiThe challenge of abating one with a genuine ego problem is to not try to put him down. Any and all antagonization, in his mind, is merely compensated for by his own descriptions: his feelings of persecution by the envious and his ideals of worth. Arguably, the genuine ego is more of a circumstantial defense mechanism rather than a steady arrogance in need of starvation.
Criss Jami