Out of Solitude - Nouwen

This was the first book I read for my MSFL. As I read I understood why I decided to do this program. I need this. I have to resist the temptation to republish the entire book here in this post. It is well worth the 30 minutes it will take you to read this little book. Below is a short quote from the first few pages of chapter 1.

"More often than not, we not only desire to do meaningful things, but we make the results of our work the criteria of our self-esteem. And then we not only have successes, we become our successes... When we start being too impressed by the results of our work, we slowly come to the erroneous conviction that life is one large scoreboard where someone is listing the points to measure our worth. And before we are fully aware of it, we have sold our soul to the many grade-givers... Then we become what the world makes us."

I could go on quoting and quoting. Just read the book. I want to read it again just thinking about it.