This is very hard to do since we are so fearful and insecure. We keep hiding ourselves from God and from others. We tend to present to God and to others only those parts of ourselves with which we feel relatively comfortable and which we think will evoke a positive response. Thus our prayer life becomes very selective and narrow. It is clear that the discipline of the Heart calls for some direction to allow us to overcome fears, to deepen our faith and realize more of who God is for us. Typical questions for a spiritual director to ask are: How is your prayer life? How are you making space in
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