"All of us are called by and to grace, but few of us choose to listen to the call."

From The Road Less Traveled by M. Scott Peck: 

<<Christ's  assertion  "Many  are  called, but  few  are  chosen"  I  would  trans-late  to  mean  "All  of  us are  called  by  and  to  grace,  but  few  of  us  choose  to  listen to  the  call.">>

Meekness

In  the  words  of  an anonymous  fourteenth-century British  monk  and  spiritual  teacher,  "Meekness  in  itself  is  nothing  else  than  a  true  knowing  and  feeling  of  a  man's  self  as  he is.  Any  man  who  truly  sees  and  feels  himself  as  he  is  must surely  be  meek  indeed." 

(In The Road Less Traveled,M Scott Peck quoted this inspirational quote about meekness)

We confuse love with a feeling because we love cathecting with loving. Cathecting doesn't imply the spiritual growth of the cathected object

We confuse love with a feeling because we love cathecting with loving. Cathecting doesn't imply the spiritual growth of the cathected object 

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"Two  strangers  may  meet  in  a  bar  and  cathect  each  other  in such   a   way   that   nothing-not   previously   scheduled appointments,  promises  made,  or  family  stability-is  more important  for  the  moment  than  their  sexual  consummation. Immediately  following  their  sexual  consummation  the  justmentioned  couple  may  find  each  other  unattractive  and undesirable.  We  may  decathect  something  almost  as  soon  as we  have  cathected  it." (From The Road Less Traveled by M Scott Peck)

Love is not simply giving...

 "Love  is  not  simply  giving;  it  is  judicious giving   and  judicious  withholding  as  well.  It  is  judicious praising   and  judicious  criticizing.  It  is  judicious  arguing, struggling,   con-fronting,   urging,   pushing   and   pulling   in addition  to  comforting.  It  is  leadership.  The  word  "judicious" means  requiring  judgment,  and  judgment  requires  more than   instinct;   it   requires   thoughtful   and   often   painful decision-making." (By M. Scott Peck The Road Less Traveled)