Too often people try to change their lives by using the will
as a kind of hammer to beat their life into proper shape. The intellect identifies the goal of the
program, and the will accordingly forces the life into that shape.
This way of approaching the sacredness of one’s
own presence is externalist and violent.
John
O’Donohue, Anam Carar, p. 57
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I have tried
Ah!
so many of us have tried
to make ourselves worthy
to become “enough”
enough for others
our mothers and fathers
our wives or husbands
our children
those with whom we work and serve
enough
ah yes, this too
enough for Sacred blessing
we have hammered ourselves
violently
seeking to become people who
deserve love
and yet
we feel like only a vague approximation
of divine intent
“I hate my life”
“I hate myself”
echoes in our souls
(at least in mine)
we have forgotten Sacred Presence
we have forgotten Sacred Love
our souls, our bodies
our lives
are Sacred ground
we are a beautiful fabric
sacred and common woven
into a beautiful whole
transformation
transfiguration
“salvation”
lies not in obedience to external rules
not in the way of the will
but in the way of grace
it comes silently and gently
as we find our way
deep
home
to ourselves
to the divinity of
inner life
to the Sacred Lover
within
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