Mt Athos
Jesus
What principles define how you live?
Not a principle but a person, Jesus. My aim in all things – actions, words, thoughts – is Jesus Alone.
rejoice
What would you do if you lost all your possessions?
Rejoice!!! To be free to be me without worldly responsibility is the dream. God will provide.
who is
Solitude is to be sought not because of the relief from those who are not there but for His sake who is
John Henry Newman
Jesus alone
What’s your #1 priority tomorrow?
The same as every day: Jesus alone. (BTW, that is my desire/resolution every day, which does not mean it is a reality every day!)
sinner
What’s the trait you value most about yourself?
The trait I value is that I am aware that I am not perfect. To put it another way, that I am a sinner who needs Jesus every moment.
lots
What could you do more of?
Think, read, pray. Maybe write?
within your power
What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever received?
Via St Paul, “worry about the things that are within your control”. And those outside of your control, leave alone.
hell is other people
Shortly before the end of [No Exit], one of the three strangers puts into words that toward which the whole play is turning from its beginning when he says that: “There’s no need for red-hot pokers. Hell is other people.”
“Hell is other people” means thus that it is hell and unbearable to exist subject to, awaiting, controlled by, and turned toward the Other’s approval, judgements, and opinions.
“Hell is other people” describes an existence existing at the mercy of the Other, the Other’s judgements, and the Other’s accusing gaze. It is hell, tormenting, and unbearable to be unable to escape the Other’s look that objectifies and, in its objectifying, tortures.
Explaining Sartre’s “Hell Is Other People”
a fool and his prayer book 