Free

What in your life is calling you,

when all the noise is silenced,

the meetings adjourned,

the lists laid aside,

and the wild iris bloom by itself

in the dark forest,

what still pulls at your soul?

                                                Rumi

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There come those moments

when life slows down just enough

those moments as we watch the sun slowly rise

and the clouds drift lazily across the sky

as we listen to the winter birds sing

and hear the snow protest under foot

when our minds are just quiet enough

for us to remember we have a soul.

When we find space from the clamoring voices in our heads

and the tyranny of our calendars

and are stirred by deeper things.

The world looks different in this sacred space

where we are freed

at least for an instant

from the endless plodding and striving

from our restless search for meaning and relevance

and we find ourselves drawn into that place of

original blessing

where what counts are the things of

heart and soul

where, no longer obsessed by the need

to protect and control

no longer desperate to earn our value

no longer trapped by the need to “win” or succeed

or driven by hate and fear

we embrace love and family

generosity and compassion

where we claim our divine inheritance

as Sacred Children

clothing ourselves with the mystery of Jesus

and moving into a new way of doing life

free at last

It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.  Galations 5:1