Friday, January 26, 2024

Quiroga - 211

 BE CAREFUL WITH THEM!

“We can only give what we have”, this lapidary and affirmative phrase feeds our laziness to improve, because although it is true, since we could not offer what we do not have, at the same time much of what we have is in potential state, and to express and “give what we have”, we also need to commit to developing our potential, without laziness.

Furthermore, the lack of self-government of our selfishness makes us more interested in taking than in giving, making us incapable of love, which is an offering.

Love is what is offered, and because it is offered, it is also received, but always in that sequence, never offered under the condition of being received.

Laziness makes us passive, and we live waiting for something to happen to us, for love to happen to us.

Laziness is the twin sister of inertia, be careful with them, because they both suggest comfort, minimal effort and self-indulgence, however, they lead us to create reasons, such as that “we can only give what we have”, which seem wise, but which only serve to justify us surrendering to our enemies, laziness and inertia.

It is not essential to suffer to develop our potential and be who we truly are, but without the self-government of our own selfishness and given over to inertia, we try to convince ourselves in every possible way that there is nothing more than that.

And because there is much more beyond that, we live oppressed, because at the end of the day, when we put our head on the pillow and are alone with our soul, we know that we could give much more than we convince ourselves we have to give.

To get what you want, avoid depending on circumstances beyond your control, but do everything you can, tirelessly, without fearing that the results will take time to appear.

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