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May 06, 2005
The Temptation to Hoard
I thought this entry from Henri Nouwen's Bread for the Journey was interesting and worth pondering. Not necessarily a message aimed at anybody, just worth pondering on an individual basis:
As fearful people we are inclined to develop a mind-set that makes us say: "There's not enough food for everyone, so I better be sure I save enough for myself in case of emergency," or "There's not enough knowledge for everyone to enjoy; so I'd better keep my knowledge to myself, so no one else will use it" or "There's not enough love to give to everybody, so I'd better keep my friends for myself to prevent others from taking them away from me." This is a scarcity mentality. It involves hoarding whatever we have, fearful that we won't have enough to survive. The tragedy, however, is that what you cling to ends up rotting in your hands.
Posted by Mark at May 6, 2005 07:24 AM