January 21, 2007

  • "Often we want to be somewhere other than where we are, or
    even to be someone other than who we are. We tend to compare
    ourselves constantly with others and wonder why we are not
    as rich, as intelligent, as simple, as generous, or as
    saintly as they are. Such comparisons make us feel guilty,
    ashamed, or jealous. It is very important to realize that
    our vocation is hidden in where we are and who we are. We
    are unique human beings, each with a call to realize in life
    what nobody else can, and to realize it in the concrete
    context of the here and now.

    "We will never find our vocations by trying to figure out
    whether we are better or worse than others. We are good
    enough to do what we are called to do. Be yourself!"

    	- Henri Nouwen, _Bread for the Journey_, Entry for January 17

Comments (6)

  • very nice. i like this

  • nicely said indeed. good choice. how have you been? you don't update too often. i thought the other day that i need to brush up on french and you came into mind :)

  • yup...we do tries too hard to be someone else.

  • i like that a lot, thanks calvin

  • :( japon va bien mais j'ai oublie presque de tout de ma francais (how badly am i butchering this language?).  i had to look up  "mais tu as beaucoup de mises à jour ici" and still am not sure what that means.  "you've many updates?" i've a lot going on in my life?  what have you been up to lately anyway?  last i remembered, you were either studying or teaching :)

  • oui, je suis d'accord et j'ai compris ce que tu as dit (?) :) funny thing is nowaday, when i want to think of something in french, the jpnese comes to mind first, then i've to think a little harder, even though my japanese isn't that great either.

    how went mandarin? c'est une langue utile :)

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