TO GET REAL: The problem comes when we get so obsessed in our desire for [control, ownership, and independence], and our pursuit of them, that we let the obsession take over our lives. It is in the spiritual context that each of the three is a lie. And the spiritual context is the most important one. Reality is best and most accurately understood as a spiritual paradigm. And it is in the eternal, spiritual "things-as-they-really-are" point of view, that control, ownership, and independence do not exist. . . . I have become convinced that real Balance in life (and the peace and fulfillment that comes with it) is an inner thing that is obtained by putting our desires in harmony with reality and with the will of God. -- Richard Eyre, meridianmagazine.com, 2/9/07