Some people use things like alcohol, drugs, food and other stuff to escape a feeling or a situation. “I don’t like this feeling or this situation, so I will escape it by altering my insides while not physically going anywhere.” For me, I would rather recognize what I am feeling, look closely at a situation I am in, and learn from the discomfort. Often the discomfort is about some shortcoming in me and not the outsides at all. I can grow if I can stay in touch with my insides. For instance, I make a judgment about a person that has little to do with the person and a lot to do with something in me that needs attention. In the past, escape for me meant living in adolescence, not growth.
The homilies and musings of a Paulist Priest.
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From Stephanie Logan of Centennial, CO
I sincerely hope your mission thrives. The Church these days seems overly intent on preaching politics and battering its members with ultimatums and threats instead of focusing on the messages of love, forgiveness and daily sacrifice that convert followers from the inside out and are therefore more effective in the long run!
I sincerely hope your mission thrives. The Church these days seems overly intent on preaching politics and battering its members with ultimatums and threats instead of focusing on the messages of love, forgiveness and daily sacrifice that convert followers from the inside out and are therefore more effective in the long run!
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