The potential for loss of soul--to one degree or another--is the affliction of a society that as a collective has lost its sense of the holy, of a culture that values everything else above the spiritual. We live in such a spiritually impoverished culture--and in such a time. Loss of soul, to one degree or another, is a constant teasing possibility. We are invited at every corner to hedge on the truth, indulge outselves, act as if our words and actions have no ultimate consequence, make an absolute of the material world, and treat the spiritual world as if it were some kind of frothy, angelic fantasy. In such a world the soul struggles for survival; in such a world a man can lose his own soul and have the whole culture support him, and in such a world, conversely, the light of a single, great soul that lives in integrity can truly illumine the world. Daphne Rose Kingma
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We are only strong when we are strong in all our parts, but this is difficult. What most people miss is that being strong in all parts of life is the key to being strong in all aspects of life. You don’t have to be strong in every area of life to be strong. You can be strong at work and still be weak at home; you can be strong at home and work; you can be strong at work and still be weak financially; you can be strong at work and not love your family; you can be strong at home and work and not plan for the future; you can be strong financially and not plan for your future; you can be strong morally and do wrong; you can be weak physically but act like a tough guy/gal on the street… you get the idea. A man’s soul is like a muscle, the more it works the more it grows.

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