Thomas MertonSouls are like athletes, that need opponents worthy of them, if they are to be tried and extended and pushed to the full use of their powers, and rewarded according to their capacity.
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When people find that they are not able to meet their own expectations of themselves, it is hard for them to move forward. One of the ways people cope with this feeling is to label themselves as failures. They can’t even get themselves to try, so they must be failures at everything. This makes it difficult for them to make any progress or feel like they are doing anything at all.
When we put ourselves in a category that we don’t deserve to be in, we will not be able to live up to our full potential. In order to grow and be the person we have always wanted to be, we must strive for greatness. We have been given a soul, so surely there are others worthy of that soul that we can play in a worthy competition.
We must push ourselves into greatness and that means in a worthy competition.
Source: The Seven Storey Mountain
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