"When you begin to think outside the box, you often become some other "leaders" lousy follower. That usually costs something" (Andy Rayner)

"Our guardian angels are bored." (Mike Foster)

It's where I feel I'm at these days. “In the second half of life, it is good just to be a part of the general dance. We do not have to stand out, make defining moves, or be better than anyone else on the dance floor. Life is more participatory than assertive, and there is no need for strong or further self-definition” (Falling Upward. Richard Rohr.120).

Sunday, January 31, 2016

Squinty Faced Religion

"Merton once told me to quit trying so hard in prayer. He said: "How does an apple ripen? It just sits in the Sun."
A small green apple cannot ripen in one night by typing all its muscles, squinting its eyes and tightening its jaw in order to find itself the next morning miraculously the large, red, ripe, and juicy decided small green counterparts. Like the birth of a baby or the opening of a rose, the birth of the true self takes place in God's time. We must wait for God, we must be awake; we must trust in his hidden action within us."

(Merson's Palace of Nowhere.  by James Finley)

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