8 Sentences about Growth

From The Seeking Heart (by Francois Fenelon): “If you are not careful, you will acquire so much knowledge that you will need another lifetime to put it into practice.”

This past Sunday at Westside we talked about the personality traits that tend to ‘activate’ our explosive potential. I suggested there’s really just one: a radical openness to 5 kinds of input (can you be led, can you be challenged, can you be taught, can you be cared for and can you be continually re-engaged in grace for someone else).

I think those two thoughts (paragraphs one and two above) come together at a very important intersection. Being radically open without taking any action means we have all kinds of great information which does nothing. Taking radical action without being open means you might be growing, but only at the ‘snail’s pace’ made possible with one person’s worth of insight (your own).

If you had to pick one problem for your own, which would it be? Why not have a discussion about it this week with someone you trust?

Join us on Sundays at Westside or tune into the podcast through the week (www.wkc.org).

Have a great day,
Chris