What good is it for a man to gain the whole world? Luke 9:25

Henri Nouwen writes in his book, With Open Hands, "It is hard to bear with people who stand still along the way, lose heart, and seek their happiness in little pleasures which they cling to....You feel sad about all that self-indulgence and self-satisfaction, for you know with an indestructible certainty that something greater is coming...."