“Each person’s task in life is to become an increasingly better person.” Leo Tolstoy
Becoming more like Christ…
Honesty
“Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold.” Leo Tolstoy
Telling the whole truth
Accepting others…
Love the whole person
“If one loves anyone, one loves the whole person, just as they are and not as one would like them to be…” Leo Tolstoy
Great people…do “little” things
“There is no greatness where simplicity, goodness, and truth are absent.” Leo Tolstoy
Great people…doing “little” things
Creative love
Loving enemies
Loving your enemies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMUJkk7N-rE
“You can love a person dear to you with a human love, but an enemy can only be loved with divine love.” Leo TolstoyWithout prayer, it is simply too hard to love one’s enemies…we need God’s help!
God bless,Fr. Michael Sliney, LC