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| The Mystery within... |
An old Sufi saying asks:
“Are you able
to stay still long enough to allow the mud that swirls around you to settle so
that you can see clearly?”
What a powerful visual metaphor that is for mindfulness and
reflection. In my mind’s eye I picture
a glass jar of water with dirt dumped in, stir it or shake it, and the water
becomes very cloudy. But let that
jar sit still for a while and the water clears as the dirt eventually settles
to the bottom.
I was once very stirred and shaken by my mother’s
Alzheimer’s and both of my parents’ care needs. I doubt I would have survived that time without immersing
myself in the natural world, sitting with my pain every night, and reflecting and
writing about those joys and sorrows for three years. Those daily reflections and writings
eventually became my story in "God Never Hurries."
Life is easier, more even now. But everyday living can still bring occasions of dirt
dumping. I know I could see so
much clearer if I returned to daily reflection and writing and got myself
outside more in God’s beauty.
What if we all became still long enough to see more clearly?
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