What are your stones made of?

I came across this article and it absolutely hit home with me tonight. I've really been struggling through Lent and feeling the weight of that proverbially "spiritual desert" with great intensity. (How does this always seem to happen?) I've found myself at absolute odds with my "self" over-analyzing my every success and failure and feeling like I can't move a muscle without absolute self-pride, disgust and/or awareness. This is obviously not living in God's grace, but I've found it even difficult to pray about it because in prayer I seem to just get lost in a cycle of my own highs and lows and forget that I'm even praying. For these Type-A personality episodes I think the article highlights an important thing to remember: "part of the miracle of God is not that I live in perfection, but that the Spirit is somehow bringing all of these parts of me together, refining me, and teaching me how to live with myself." Marching onward and upward through the Lenten season and the stresses of a busy life, I can't imagine more important words for me to remember at the moment.