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 glitter-graphics.com Everyday SimplicityI wanted to share with everyone something out of a book I've been reading called Everyday Simplicity by Robert J. Wicks.First, I must say that I have a slightly bad habit (with good intentions). Every March I attend a religious education conference given by our local churches. We have speakers from all over and many different walks of life and who specialize in different subject. Well, I usually attend two of the four days and I always come home with a load of new books. The bad habit is that I never really read them. I start and I don't finish. So, I've made a commitment starting in October I will read at least two of these books a month until March, or I can't buy any new books. Right now I'm reading Everyday Simplicity, A Practical Guide to Spiritual Growth. There was one thing I was reading that I wanted to share with everyone today. "What is the first step toward simplicity? It is the honesty to see our idols clearly. And what is an idol? An idol is something we make to take the place of God. We know we have made an idol when the possible loss of something or someone creates an inappropriately dramatic reaction in us." "The easiest route to finding out the truth about what our idols are is to look at the feelings we have. What gets us upset? What cheers us? What causes great anger or disappointment? What stresses us out? What drives us or makes us anxious? In other words, what is blackmailing us into believing something must result or someone must respond in a certain way before we can be at peace, joyful?" This really got me to thinking. I've always been aware that some things such as money, fame, etc. can become an idol and that we need to avoid that. But reading it put this way, it made me wonder how many other things do I treat like idols. Like example, I tend to get upset sometimes if I have to wait to long, or in many other situations. I also have a great fear of heights. I makes me wonder if those things aren't idols in some way. He also talks about a sense of entitlement becoming an idol. That we believe things should happen a certain way, etc. That we are entitled to have things go our way. Instead of feeling this we need to just let it go. I have to agree, I probably feel that way sometimes, like when I'm standing in line somewhere, I have a sense of entitlement for that wait to go the way I want it to. So I'm wondering what everyone else things about this idea. 02:34 - Friday, October 10, 2008 - post comment
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