Day 36: The Temptation of Self-Reliance (Introduction to the Devout Life)
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Chapter 11 on Anxiety
Anxiety is not a single and isolated temptation, but rather a wellspring from which many temptations flow upon us. When the soul perceives that some such evil besets her, she is displeased to having it and thus is beset with anxiety of soul. Anxiety is the greatest evil that can befall the soul, except for sin itself. For just as rebellious and internal commotions in any commonwealth lay at waste and prevent it from being able to resist a foreign invasion, so too our heart becomes disturbed and anxious within.
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