Going with the Flow
31 October 2003, 11 am | Faith, Quote
A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it.
— G. K. Chesterton, from the book Everlasting Man, 1925
I caught myself the other day being amazed at how much my students have bought into the value system of contemporary society. Not all of the values of our modern world are wrong or bad, but much of it has been twisted. Our culture today, exaggerated by mass media, focuses too much on certain aspects of life that are in the long run very shallow and unfulfilling.
But then I remembered, I used to be like that too.
How do you tell someone that they are really alive, and that they can find the strength to swim upstream too?
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Comments
I think the best way is to show them a good example! Live the Gospel and your actions will speak loduer than your words.
For kids, this has to start at home and with people they respect.
∼ πλ · 3 November 2003, 9 am · by Steve Bogner ¬
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