Note to myself: think and feel about this : “If you turn around and face yourself in times of loss and pain, you will be given the key to a more truthful—and therefore a more joyful—life. Adversity is a natural part of being human. It is the height of arrogance to prescribe a moral code or health regime or spiritual practice as an amulet to keep things from falling apart. Things do fall apart. It is in their nature to do so. When we try to protect ourselves from the inevitability of change, we are not listening to the soul. We are listening to our fear of life and death, our lack of faith, our smaller ego’s will to prevail. To listen to the soul is to stop fighting with life—to stop fighting when things fall apart; when they don’t go our way, when we get sick, when we are betrayed or mistreated or misunderstood. To listen to the soul is to slow down, to feel deeply, to see ourselves clearly, to surrender to discomfort and uncertainty, and to wait.” Excerpt From: Lesser, Elizabeth. “Broken Open.” Ballantine Group, 2008-10-30. iBooks.
Posted on: Wed, 10 Jul 2013 16:49:36 +0000
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