The human ego prefers anything, just about anything, to falling, or ch…

Richard Rohr
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The human ego prefers anything, just about anything, to falling, or changing, or dying. The ego is that part of you that loves the status quo – even when it's not working. It attaches to past and present and fears the future. ✨ Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life. Book by Richard Rohr, 2011.
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Jesus did not come to change the mind of God about humanity; Jesus came to change the mind of humanity about God ✨ Richard Rohr (2016). Things Hidden: Scripture as Spirituality, p.94, SPCK
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