“You are a child of God”
Before God, who is eternal, you are much more a child than, before you, the tiniest toddler. And besides being a child, you are a child of God. —Don't forget it. (The Way, 860)
Have you noticed what a great difference there is between a child falling and a fall by an adult? In the case of children, most falls are unimportant; they are always falling over! If they do start crying, their father tells them: 'Look here now, men don't cry.' And the incident ends with the child trying earnestly to please his father...
If we try to act like them, our …