Do you have what it takes?
The courage to die?
The courage to live?
The courage to take the plunge?
The courage to make incremental progress?
To fail?
To succeed?
To face suffering?
To face wholeness?
To give generously?
To take from abundance?
How much courage do you have/need/want?
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Hey Gerald -- You have the courage to name the unspeakable. This is not easy, nor popular. But it is part of finding wholeness. To have the courage to look into the void, and to trust the unknown. May you have all the courage you need -- it may be more than you think you have, and less than you think you want. And may you have good companions (I sense you do). In the meantime, it seems you have lots of gardening to do. God bless, D.
ReplyDeleteYes!
ReplyDeletePlenty of gardening!
Making some progress, but there will always be stuff begging to be chopped up.
Satisfying to see the clear areas, though.
And also good to have my son, Alexander, doing his bit!
Death to privet!
ReplyDeleteThere was a young soldier who was desperately injured during the American Civil War and was crippled for the rest of his life. This is what he wrote:
I asked for strength that I might achieve.
I was made weak that I might obey.
I asked for health that I might do greater things.
I was given infirmity that I might do better things.
I asked for riches that I might be happy.
I was given poverty that I might be wise.
I asked for power that I might have the praise of men.
I was given weakness that I might feel the need of God.
I asked for all things that I might enjoy life.
I was given life that I might enjoy all things.
I have received nothing I asked for
and in all that I hoped for, my prayer is answered.
Thanks, Ian.
ReplyDeleteI have read this before somewhere.
It's good to have it here.