“I used to think that hope was the confidence that what I
fear won’t happen.” Then she added, “Now
I think that hope is the confidence that what I fear will happen, but that I
don’t have to be afraid.”…
… here is the presence of doom we find a portal into
maturity and wisdom. Domm challenges us
to face our greatest fear, and as we do, we discover that this fear played a
big part in driving us toward doom in the first place.
Brian McLaren,
“Life After Doom”
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Today my eyes opened
And my heart broke open.
And as I walked along familiar paths
And did accustomed things
The sky shone cerulean.
And golden rays
broke through the darkness of the tress
Splashes of gold among the emerald green and brilliant
gold
Of the fall grasses
Everything seems precious
A treasure I wanted to hug close to my soul
Today I felt my mortality
I realized I am a light
A candle
I am alight, here and now
I am “wax and wick of unknown length,
carrying a fragile gift of flame”
for a time
Today I imagined the world without me
And all became precious
The colors deepened and I realized how precious
Each moment is
I felt my connection to the earth,
And to the animals who
let me love them,
the people too
it all feels so precarious
as wars rage and the plant is tortured
by our greed
as damaged people create damage and division
in families, communities
and nations
it is easy to be afraid,
but much harder to hope
when hope is based on the fact that I will die
later or sooner
and that evil might prevail, at least for a season.
But that while I am still alight
I can do what I can, in this moment
To bring peace
And kindness
Into the world
I am a candle
Wax and wick, flesh and bone
And in this moment I will blaze
(or perhaps flicker)
As best I can
For the time gifted me
I will seek to be the living flame of love” (St. John of
the Cross)
And will live forward in hope
Rather than in fear
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