The Way to Love

"How easily we are taken in by the judgments of other people and then form an opinion of ourselves based on this judgment. In order to be truly liberated you need to listen to the so-called good and bad things that they tell you, but to feel no emotion at the feedback any more than a computer does when data is fed into it. Because what they say about you reveals more about them than about you. . . . become more like the birds and flowers that are so totally unself-conscious, too busy with the task of living to care one little bit about what others think of them, about whether they are special to others or not. And at last, you will have become fearless and free." --The Way to Love, Anthony De Mello

a long time ago, i ran across this book and i gave it to my dad. from then on, he would always say, whenever i was upset or bothered by something... "read the Way to Love, it's all in there." so i picked it up today, and by gum... he was right. it's funny that i gave it to him, when i was the one who really needed it.