Children of the Storm, Children of the Sacred

How should we be able to forget those ancient myths that are at the beginning of all people, the myths about dragons that at the last moment turn into princesses; perhaps all the dragons of our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us once beautiful and brave. Perhaps everything terrible is in its deepest being something helpless that wants help from us.

Rainer Maria Rilke

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in the oldest stories

in the deepest myths

truths lurk

in the myths about great quests

lies the truth that all of

are seeking to find out way home

(perhaps without realizing that in a real sense we are always at home)

the stories of dragons

and princesses (and princes)

in the stories replete with magical powers

and fairies and elves and dwarves

are really stories

about our daily lives

and Walmart

and work

and family

my favorite stories are the ones

which remind me

that in the midst of trial, pain, and tragedy

there an ending that involves hope

and deep resolution

there is healing

and reconciliation

and joy

and love

what is common to all of these stories

is the struggle the heroine or hero has

finding their own power

in the midst of the trial

their vision of themselves is often wanting

asleep

untapped

unused

it is when they realize who they really are

and what powers they really have

(whether those powers are inherent in them,

or are obtained by a magical connected with something outside themselves)

that the story turns

and the darkness begins to fade

the power of evil, hate and fear begins to wane

the moral of the story is

we need to find who we really are

the most powerful and important journey we will ever take

will be the journey inward

to the center of who we are

to that place where we are defined

not by our own sense of inadequacy

or by voices from outside ourselves, which erode and wound

but by the Sacred One

who is there, in that deepest of places

we can voice this new reality anyway we want

For me I voice it this way

“See what great love God has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!”

We are all princes

And princesses

Believe it