One expression I dislike is well-adjusted.
Adjusted to what?
The cruelty and injustice of the world?
Is that something we should be adjusted to?
I would suggest not.
The expression well-adjusted merely means we are like everyone else - insular, employed, law-abiding, and materialistic.
We don't rock the boat.
We endorse traditional social structures and do not challenge the powers of the world.
Was Jesus well-adjusted?
If he had been he would never have challenged the Pharisees, nor would he have preached a radical philosophy of Love.
Rather than being well-adjusted citizens, we should seek to be self-actualized agents of Love, attuned to God's goodness and mercy, not the values of the world.
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