Wisdom May Be Perennial, But To See

There Is A Close Relationship Between A House Full Of Possessions And A Heart Full Of Desires, Between A Cluttered Closet And A Crowded Schedule, Between Having No Place To Put Possessions And Having No Priorities For Our Life. These Are Precious Clues. They Remind Us To Slow Down, To Live In The Present, To Reduce The Desires That Drain Our Vitality, To Clarify Priorities So We Can Give Our Time And Attention To What Matters Most. Tragically, In The Press Of Modern Life, We Have Managed To Get Backwards One Of Life's Most Vital Truths: People Are To Be Loved; Things Are To Be Used.

It Is Not Action Or Effort That We Must Surrender; It Is Self-will, And This Is Terribly Difficult. You Must Do Your Best Constantly, Yet Never Allow Yourself To Become Involved In Whether Things Work Out The Way You Want.

We Have To Have A Purpose Greater Than The Endless Struggle To Satisfy Personal Desires.

Whatever We Have Done, We Can Always Make Amends For It Without Ever Looking Back In Guilt Or Sorrow.

Lasting Change Happens When People See For Themselves That A Different Way Of Life Is More Fulfilling Than Their Present One.