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Attached to the strings of my Yogi tea bags are brief
fortunes. I look forward to
reading each one upon opening a bag.
One of my favorite ones says:
“To learn, read. To
know, write. To master,
teach.” Over the years I have grown to understand the implications
of each action.
In my search for truth, when struggling with my father for
my mother’s care as she descended into Alzheimer’s disease, I read many books on spirituality,
psychology, and self-help. The
most important learning from all
that reading was that I was worthy of a voice, good self-care, and I came to
understand the importance of true forgiveness. My writing during
that difficult time focused me in the present. There I came to know
that each moment had something to teach me about overcoming my troubles.
This past week as I was preparing to present my memoir, God Never Hurries, to a large group at Cedar Ridge Apartments for Independent Living, I understood to master challenges me to teach
others what my reading and writing did for me. Working to synthesize 175 pages of learning and knowing into
a coherent forty-minute presentation has its challenges, but then all mastery
is challenging.
What if we each challenged ourselves to share the different
things that difficulty taught us for the good of all?
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