“I do not understand my own behavior; I do not act as I mean to, but I do the things that I hate. Though the will to do what is good is in me, the power to do it is… — Gerald G. May Copy Share Image
“While repression stifles desire, addiction attaches desire, bonds and enslaves the energy of desire to certain specific behaviors, things, or people. These objects of attachment then become preoccupations and obsessions; they come to rule our lives. The” — Gerald G. May Copy Share Image
“I do not understand my own behavior; I do not act as I mean to, but I do the things that I hate. Though… — Gerald G. May Copy Share Image
“Adapting to change, then, means going through the stress of withdrawal from the old normality and finding relief when a new normality is established.” — Gerald G. May Copy Share Image
“The bare edge of freedom is insured and preserved inside us by God, and no matter what forces oppress us from without or within,… — Gerald G. May Copy Share Image
“The facts of grace are simple: grace always exists, it is always available, it is always good, and it is always victorious. For me,… — Gerald G. May Copy Share Image
“Grace empowers us to choose rightly in what seem to be the most choiceless of situations, but it does not, and will not, determine… — Gerald G. May Copy Share Image
“It is the nature of desire not to be satisfied, and most human beings live only for the gratification of it. ARISTOTLE” — Gerald G. May Copy Share Image
“I think the greater danger is that those who think they understand the process [of overcoming our attachments] are likely to try to make… — Gerald G. May Copy Share Image
“Perhaps it is not surprising, then, that we do the same with our deepest longings for God. God does not always come to us… — Gerald G. May Copy Share Image
“But they are trials and tests for our own growth, not for God to find out how good we are. God knows that we… — Gerald G. May Copy Share Image
“Grace is the most powerful force in the universe. It can transcend repression, addiction, and every other internal or external power that seeks to… — Gerald G. May Copy Share Image
“In the great spiritual traditions of the world, attachments are seen as any concerns that usurp our desire for love, anything that becomes more… — Gerald G. May Copy Share Image
“adds a strong imperative to act upon what has happened, a continuing invitation in which the one who is healed is meant to participate.… — Gerald G. May Copy Share Image
“When my supply of success at this egotistic autonomy ran out, I became depressed. And with the depression, by means of grace, came a… — Gerald G. May Copy Share Image
“It is a good rule of thumb for spiritual directors to ask themselves, What truly constitutes our spiritual concern here? Am I really being… — Gerald G. May Copy Share Image
“While repression stifles desire, addiction attaches desire, bonds and enslaves the energy of desire to certain specific behaviors, things, or people. These objects of… — Gerald G. May Copy Share Image
![“I think the greater danger is that those who think they understand the process [of overcoming our attachments] are likely to try to make it happen on their own by engaging in false austerities and love-denying self-deprivations. They will not wait for God's timing; they will rush ahead of grace. I…” quote by Gerald G. May](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/134/gerald-g-may-33169_god-s-timing_i-think-the-greater-danger-is-that-those_946792.jpg)
