Bless it And Leave it
However we talk about it, the point is that our spiritual growth and maturity will always require us to leave behind our previous ways of thinking about God, self, and others. Then, we’ll move on to different forms that will take shape in us through a process of trial and error. Much like a teenager moving into young adulthood, when we operate with the default settings there will always be hiccups and abrasions.
At The Edge
Edges are the places where we are pushed to either recognize that we are out of our depth and our strength is dismantled or they are places where we stare into an unknown with little understanding of how to go forward.
What I have come to learn, however, is that no matter how I grit my teeth against the edges I experience in life the edges are necessary. Why?
A Book is Just A Beginning
I feel so strongly that life with the Divine is about starting something…the Divine is beginning something today in each of us. There are, of course, our “works in progress” – our life story as it is up to this point – and yet within each large overarching story there are little beginnings as well.
The Only Way Through is Through
What the wisdom of ancient Scriptures, later sages and saints, as well as present day storytelling remind us is that great suffering is often the midwife of great goodness. A keyhole in our life that only a rough-edged key can fit.
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