Thursday, May 19, 2011

First and last

In a society where each one sees himself as the first no one makes any progress. If, however, one always considers oneself to be the last, meeting someone else becomes each time the opportunity for spiritual profit and progress. So it is best to be the last. If I am the first, life is infernally tiresome. If I am the last, life is a continual joy, because I am always learning something useful.

1 comment:

George Patsourakos said...

Christians -- and people in general -- need to relinquish their arrogance of considering themselves first on all occasions.

On the other hand, if they consider themselves last, people have an opportunity to learn much more from others.