It is amazing to me that the gifts we bring to the world find their way into being through our weaknesses. (Note the plural - for most of us, there is more than one.)
When we reach the point when confronting our weaknesses and the thorn of our self-destructiveness is all we have left, we begin to make serious progress in our quest for more fulfilling lives.
Even more amazing, our weaknesses continue to remain with us, they simply no longer have center stage.
This seems to be the great lesson: It is not our weaknesses that keep us from moving forward, it is our focus on them that gives them power over us.
When we gain the strength to go forward and focus on our strengths, our failings, even though they remain, fade into the background and slowly lose their power over us.
Change for the good occurs when we find, for whatever the reason, moving forward is our only recourse - if we choose to survive.
Therefore, your choice is simple: You can waste a good part of your life waiting for that time to come, or you can make an act of faith and concentrate on the good that is in you now. For most of us, often to our surprise, that is good enough.
Brother Franco
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