When Do We Become the Person We Ought to Be?

In a sense, Sunday mass is just an all-hands where you're told the CEO's vision and you get to think about how aligned you are with the vision.

> It’s pretty clear that the typical American is always on the lookout for ways to improve their lives on a whole bunch of different dimensions.

This is not clear to me at all.

I feel much more at peace now that my sex drive has decreased. Before this feeling it was my primary goal and I was very successful but now I couldn't care less about sex.

So I often wonder about yogis and saints - are they better humans than me? But i dont think so when I read about people like mlk jr and jfk and how they were terrible people when it came to women, even worse than me.

Makes sense, believers are on a journey of sanctification. The first battle is won when your soul is saved. The second battle is a lifelong struggle between the flesh and the spirit.

They are in constant opposition.

I'm in my 30s and I'm still a dumbass, six fig job still living check to check

August 29, 1997

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