Man does not have to transcend himself in the sense of pulling himself up by his own bootstraps. He has, rather, to respond to the mysterious grace of a Spirit which is at once infinitely greater than his own spirit and yet which, at the same time, offers itself as the total plentitude of all Gifts, to be in all reality his "own Spirit."
Merton. Thomas, Faith and Violence (Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press: 1968) 117-118
I've pulled myself up more than most as I refused to allow societies predjudice of handicapped people rule how I'm to live. I now don't challenge society as much but I'm still going and by the grace of God will continue untill he chooses to bring me home.
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