A Good Trade

aptitudeforemptine
Sep 16, 2023
1 min read

It is only in solitude that our egos can be discovered to be illusions. In this realization we come to see that our self-will is not something to be perfected but rather need to be traded off in favour of our nothingness. And it is at that point that we come to realize that our life is precious precisely because it belongs to God and not to oneself.

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