St. Thomas Aquinas: "The Things We Love" | Perennial Meditations

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“The things that we love tell us what we are.”

— Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica

We are very good at describing the person we intend to be. Generous—just waiting for the right moment. Present—once things settle down. Disciplined—starting Monday.

We carry these self-descriptions with considerable confidence, updating them periodically to account for recent failures while leaving the essential portrait intact. The person we are becoming is always just slightly ahead of the person we currently are.

We know who we mean to be. We are simply not there yet. [...]

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