Thursday, December 18, 2025

Human Nature ala Saint Augustine (Give me chastity and self-control, but not yet.)

 Saint Augustine once prayed, “Give me chastity and self-control, but not yet.” 


That one sentence exposes more about human nature than a hundred self-help books. 


He knew what was right. He just wasn’t ready to let go of what he loved most

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