the abyss

"What can we gain by sailing to the moon if we are not able to cross the abyss that separates us from ourselves? This is the most important of all voyages of discovery, and without it, all the rest are not only useless, but disastrous." --THOMAS MERTON

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O Lord

this is the day you have made

and in this day

we will eat and drink

we will drive

and play Words with Friends on our cell phones

we will go to work

and suffer through meetings

we will do the tasks placed in front of us

and perhaps

perhaps

even do a charitable act or two

but Lord

on this Hollows Eve

the greatest specter

that haunts our way

is not the costume bedecked child

is not the horrible boss

is not the inept politician who raises our ire

is not the person who makes our lives miserable

it is empty space

it is the abyss

between ourselves

and our selves

help us this day

O Lord

to connect with ourselves

to be in touch

intimate

with that person within

who is most “us”

and with that person within

who is

YOU

and being so connected

enable us to walk through our days

aware

aware of love

of life

of ourselves

and of others

otherwise Lord

it is

a

disaster!

AMEN