Self-focus…”a disease of modern times”

WHEN YOU SHOW THE MOON TO A CHILD, IT SEES ONLY YOUR FINGER. I like this Zambian wisdom because it so clearly makes a very difficult point. Our ability to perceive our world, its size and scope, comes with our maturity. And so we tend, at first, not to look far enough!
Hannah Whitall Smith, a lay speaker for the 19th century Holiness movement, called such self-focus and self-interest a “disease of modern times.” Then… Continue reading →