This morning, I felt the urge to fetch from my commode a book I have not read since my early to mid twenties, I believe. The book is by Elias Aslaksen, and called "Sytti veier til Himmelen" ("70 paths to Heaven", I believe would be the best English translation, but I have never seen it in English. The Christian Church at Brunstad is quite diligent about not throwing its pearls before swine, so it is probably distributed by personal contact.)
One thing I realized quickly was that I had understood amazingly little back when I was young. I am not sure how aware I was of it at the time. Another things I realized was that I still understood very little. Yet, some, I believe.
The first of the fairly short chapters is the Path of Humility. And I realize that these years have humbled me a little, though they have also had less positive effects. But simply observing my own life and others could not help but humble me. When I was young, I meant to humble myself. That was my plan, but I suspect that I may have done quite the opposite. But the terrain of life, so to speak, has still showed me the difference between our potential and what we have actually achieved. (With a few exceptions, probably, none of which are me.)
2 comments:
"the terrain of life" -- QP said something similar. We move along, reach a point, and looking back see that we have traveled far.
Humility: the tendency is to say, 'look how humble i am'.
Missed it again.
Humility - it's the new pride!
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