The thing that brings people to wail at a wall, or face Mecca, or to go to church, is a search for that feeling of purity.
Interpretation
People seek places and practices that evoke feelings of purity and connection to something greater than themselves.
In this quote, Michael J. Fox highlights the universal human yearning for purity and spiritual connection, suggesting that rituals and places of worship serve as conduits for individuals to experience profound emotional and spiritual fulfillment. Whether itβs wailing at a wall, praying towards Mecca, or gathering in a church, these actions are driven by a deep-seated desire to reach a state of purity and enlightenment, reflecting our intrinsic search for meaning in life.
In practice
During a speech on seeking inner peace.
I find as long as I acknowledge the truth of something, then that's it. I know what it is and then I can operate. But if I overestimate the downside of something or the challenge of something and I get too obsessed about the difficulty of it, then I don't leave enough room to be open to the upside, the possibility.
My whole life, meeting people is like a blind date, because I feel like they've already seen the video on me.
There are no moments you have frozen in amber. It's moving, it's changing, so appreciate what's good about right now and be ready for what's next.
There's always failure. And there's always disappointment. And there's always loss. But the secret is learning from the loss, and realizing that none of those holes are vacuums.
Certainly people have a lot tougher situations than I've had to deal with. But I will say we are all dying from the moment we are born. This is not just rehearsal.
I'm a dad, I'm a husband, I'm an activist, I'm a writer and I'm just a student of the world.
My passport photo is one of the most remarkable photographs I have ever seen- no retouching, no shadows, no flattery-just stark me.
As people used to be wrong about the motion of the sun, so they are still wrong about the motion of the future. The future stands still, it is we who move in infinite space.
You are as you are, _x000D_ an indescribable message on the air.
One of the problems with the kill-or-capture metric is that it has often been to the exclusion of having a deeper, richer understanding of the movement, its origins, and our adversaries' mindset. The nuances are absolutely critical. Our adversaries are wedded to the ideology that informs and fuels their struggle, and, by not paying attention, we risk not knowing our enemy.
If the guy out in the woods with the Michigan Militia is a real estate negotiator, instead of some crackpot, and has a normal life, that's unnerving. You don't want to think it's as normal as the guy next door, hedging his lawn. It's easier to demonize or separate them off from 'us.'
Sinners cannot obey the gospel, any more than the law, without renewal of heart.
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