![]() ![]() “There’s nothing wrong with you indeed, there’s a lot right with you. ![]() ![]() ![]() If he was your spiritual director and you explained to him that you were going through a dark, painful patch in life and asked him: “What’s wrong with me?” He would likely answer: One of the greatest spiritual writers of all time, John of the Cross, would agree with that. Being down-and- out, alone, lost, struggling for meaning, and looking bad, is also a valid place to be. What can that phrase teach us? That sometimes it’s good to be without success, without health, without achievements to bolster us, without good appearance, and even without meaning. It’s a deep truth that’s often lost in a world within which success, achievement, and good appearance define meaning and value. In her book, Survivor, Christina Crawford writes: “Lost is a place, too.” ![]()
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