There is a destructive cycle of spirituality where we begin with “doing,” or self-effort. Then we link our sense of significance with our achievements. I wrote about this in a post called, “Cycle of Grace.” Here is one of the illustrations from that post:
We have a choice in our lives. We can begin with work [...]
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A common approach to life seems to be the cycle from “work” to “significance” to “success” to (the hope for) “acceptance.” Something like this:
The key is that, for so many of us, the cycle begins in the “work” quadrant. We feel the intense need to achieve in life. Our identity is, all too often, based [...]
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