"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).

Wednesday, September 23, 2020

Unchangeable, Yet Changing All Things

"What, then, are You, O my God— what, I ask, but the Lord God?
For who is Lord but the Lord?
Or who is God save our God?
Most high, most excellent,
most potent, most omnipotent;
most piteous and most just;
most hidden and most near;
most beauteous and most strong,
stable, yet contained of none;
unchangeable, yet changing all things;
never new, never old;
making all things new, yet bringing old age upon the proud and they know it not;
always working, yet ever at rest;
gathering, yet needing nothing;
sustaining, pervading, and protecting;
creating, nourishing, and developing;
seeking, and yet possessing all things.
You love, and burn not;
You are jealous, yet free from care;
You repent, and have no sorrow;
You are angry, yet serene;
You change Your ways, leaving unchanged Your plans;
You recover what You find, having yet never lost; ......"

Augustine. Confessions, Book 1
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