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The Mystery within... |
Teilhard
de Chardin: “We are one, after all you
and I, together we suffer, together exist and forever will recreate one
another.”
On Being columnist, Courtney Martin, poignantly shared
her angst over president elect Donald Trump in her column titled “Where I’mTurning to be Comforted and Challenged.”
I empathized with her frank admission of fear and feelings of inadequacy
in how to be and respond to this looming presidency. Courtney’s need for solace was important for
me to read as my fear for our country escalates. Mr. Trump has now announced as long as
Wisconsin’s senator and Speaker of the House, Paul Ryan, agrees with everything
he says and does, Ryan is okay, but if he doesn’t, then he is not okay.
I looked back at some of my past blogs that
addressed fear and excerpted the following:
Philip Chard: “…existential disorientation calls for
visiting one’s existential home, which is the natural world.”
From God Never Hurries: Instinctively, I was aching for naturalness. Every season brought me new and deeper
insights that helped me navigate through dark times and brought deep learning.
Rev. Barbara Brown Taylor: “God does some of God’s best work with people
who are seriously lost.”
Gavin De Becker wrote in his book the
“Gift of Fear”: “Nature’s greatest
accomplishment, the human brain, is never more efficient or invested than when
its host is at risk. Then intuition is
catapulted to another level entirely, a height at which it can accurately be
called graceful, even miraculous.”
De Becker also states real fear is not
paralyzing but rather energizing and refers to it as coiled up energy. Perhaps courage is another word for that
energy.
From God Never Hurries: Forgiveness is most needed where things are least safe; and you need to be in a safe place to work on forgiveness.
Forgiveness results in emotional
control. It transforms who we are. Freedom and a more real life view are its fruits. Forgiveness is giving up resentment and
coming to view perpetrators with compassion.
...old fear surfaced. And now I clearly see I still have shadow work to do with forgiveness.
...old fear surfaced. And now I clearly see I still have shadow work to do with forgiveness.
The opportunities to recreate one another appear
endless.
What if we each saw our suffering as a way to
recreate and be recreated more often?
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