words of wisdom..

"we cannot listen and speak and work out of our own centers and at the same time give our attention to weighing whether or not others are approving of us.. whenever we begin to act and produce with the approval of others in mind...we enter into the sin of judging our own works, of deciding what is good and what is bad, when our only task is to be faithful over what we have - to do the best we can with it and leave the judgment to God"

from "Eighth Day of Creation" by Elizabeth O'Connor