A story to share. "A brother was restless in the community
and often moved to anger. So he said: 'I will go and live somewhere by myself.
And since I shall be able to talk or listen to no one, I shall be tranquil, and
my passionate anger will cease.' He went out and lived alone in a cave. But one
day he filled his jug with water and put it on the ground. It happened suddenly
to fall over. He filled it again, and again it fell. And this happened a third
time. And in a rage he snatched up the jug and broke it. Returning to his right
mind, he knew that the demon of anger had mocked him, and he said: 'Here am I
by myself, and he has beaten me. I will return to the community. Wherever you
live, you need effort and patience and above all God's help.' And he rose up,
and went back.”
I liked this because as I read it, it reminded me of
someone I knew and then when I re-read it, it reminded me of myself. Sometimes
(maybe all the time) we need to just sit back and look at ourselves and see
that the origin of our struggles are simply within.
Peace,
Lion’s Den Man
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