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   "The vain desires of this world separate us from our homeland; love of them   
   and habit clothe our soul as if in a hideous garment. We, traveling on the   
   journey of this life and calling on God to help us, ought to be divesting   
   ourselves of this hideous garment and clothing ourselves in new desires, in   
   a new love of the age to come, and thereby to receive knowledge of how near   
   or how far we are from our heavenly homeland. But it is not possible to do   
   this quickly; rather one must follow the example of sick people, who,   
   wishing the desired (health), do not leave off seeking means to cure   
   themselves."   
      
   St. Herman of Alaska.   
      
   "Inasmuch then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself   
   likewise shared in the same, that through death He might destroy him who   
   had the power of death, that is, the devil, and release those who through   
   fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage."  Hebrews 2:14-15   
      
   Draw nigh unto God and He will draw nigh unto you.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)