The Problem of Social Desires
A Prayer
The following prayer, about desire and fear, is a direct quote
from "Meditations from a Simple Path", by Mother Theresa,
Balantine Books, New York, 1996, p.28.
"Deliver me, O Jesus
From the desire of being loved
From the desire of being extolled
From the desire of being honored
From the desire of being praised
From the desire of being preferred
From the desire of being consulted
From the desire of being popular
From the fear of being humiliated
From the fear of being despised
From the fear of being rebuked
From the fear of being calumniated
From the fear of being forgotten
From the fear of being wronged
From the fear of being ridiculed
From the fear of being suspected"
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