#whole self

There will come a moment when you stop rearranging yourself to excuse others

“The terrible thing, the almost impossible thing, is to hand over your whole self—all your wishes and precautions—to Christ. But it is far easier than what we are all trying to do instead.” 

Thoughts on living your ‘whole self’

I have just finished reading an opinion piece from earlier in the week in the New York Times by Venus Williams and it reminded me of an essay from some time back where a journalist wrote about a day she spent with the Williams sisters, who were at that time sharing a house. [Image by Claire Merchlinsky; Photograph by Chad Batka for the New York Times] The journalist noted that they were very…