True, Susan. Most of us will never be challenged to live up to all the other stuff we yak about on this forum either. :-) Our romantic ideals, our political ideals, our artistic ideals, our ethical ideals...to say nothing of our spiritual ones.

When I write about spiritual matters, I am more writing on behalf of what I longingly yearn for than what I necessarily have at this point in my own spiritual progression. I've seen it, and I wish I had it. I wish I could play guitar like Mark Knopfler too, but I don't seem to have the self-discipline required to practice 4 or 5 hours every day...which is what I figure it would probably take to get to that level of expertise.

I've seen people with WAY more spiritual self-discipline than me, and I can only admire them for it.

You follow? I can write about guitar technique way beyond my own, because I've seen and heard it done by others. Same goes for spiritual accomplishment and application in the rigorous field of daily existence. I'm not there, I just wish I was, that's all.