Hard to find peace of soul and enjoy God's creation and love my neighbors when I'm constantly pondering my past sins, my present sins and my likely future sins. The temptations of the flesh, the greed of the markets. The sins of my neighbors, the sins of my nation, the sins within my religion, the heresies of heretics, the blasphemies of apostates and non-christians. the impending wars, the disasters and hypocrisies of our rulers…it's all so tiring and distracting…
I read a Walt Whitman poem and breathed a sigh of relief. Not sure why…