For three days in a row now, the quotes from the Shalem Institute Facebook page have caught my attention. I don't know why they haven't caught my attention before. Maybe I've been too busy and have overlooked them. I don't know.
I've already written about one of them.
I will post today's and yesterday's quotes.
"All our fears revolve around refusing to let ourselves be, to relate deeply to life, to experience the full joy and pain of an ever-changing cosmos. Yet this is precisely what we long for: a chance to just be and to love and be loved just as we are." –Gerald May, Will and Spirit
This quote caught my attention today because of relating deeply to life and experiencing full joy and pain. If we are truly going to live and relate deeply, we will allow ourselves to delve deep into not only joy, but also pain. That's not as easy, yet there is just as much freedom there. In fact, there can be cleansing and healing by living through the pain. And then there are the words in the last sentence talking about what we long for: to be; to love; to be loved as we are. I think those words might resonate with most everyone.
Yesterday's quote:
"Over and over, Jesus lays this path before us. There is nothing to be renounced or resisted. Everything can be embraced, but the catch is to cling to nothing. You let it go. You go through life like a knife through a done cake, picking up nothing, clinging to nothing, sticking to nothing. And grounded in that fundamental chastity of your being, you can then throw yourself out, pour yourself out, being able to give it all back, even giving back life itself." –Cynthia Bourgeault, The Wisdom Jesus
Embrace everything, yet cling to nothing. What a challenge! What freedom to be able to live this way though. Grounded in who we are! Therefore, we can give freely of ourself. Powerful, thought-provoking words.
Maybe you will read these quotes and get something from them for your journey!
May it be so!
~Debra
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