We’re human. We stink at avoiding excess and pride, both of which are sins. Couple human (i.e., sin) nature with the cultural bullhorn in the background, encouraging us to go for our dreams and take the cake as a snack for later, and we’re in dangerous territory. Dreaming big is an easy sell! You don’t have to do much convincing to make us believe that we are capable of “making it,” and—here’s the crux—we deserve to. Peel back the layers of innocent ambition and desires for provision in each of us, and you’ll find hiding in the shadows a greedy fiend that makes our culture’s feel-good mantra
...more
