The same theme came up in several sources I’ve been reading
and hearing today. I’ll present them to you hear, and hope that you will weave
them together in a way which is most helpful to you. Remember to take what
resonates with you and leave the rest behind for now:
From the Imitation
of Christ: All of us are subject to a constant flow of changing feelings,
and what we need to do is arise above them and keep our eyes on Christ and our
hearts on the goal which awaits us.
From the Letter of Paul to the
Romans: I consider that the sufferings of
this present time are as compared to the glory to be revealed for us. (Rom
8:18)
From the martyred Oscar Romero: . . . the glorification that we’ll one day
be given, superior to all the pains and sufferings that can be felt on this
earth. . . I knew a man who was being tortured: as he suffered, he said ‘The
hope I have and the glory I await are greater than this suffering.’ Recorded
in Give Us This Day in the reflection
for October 27, 2015.
From mindfulness training (which we
have spoken about in several previous reflections): Consider that You are not your feelings. You are the one who has the
feelings which continually arise and pass through you if you do not attach
yourself to them.
From Thomas Keating, O.C.S.O.: “Once
you disidentify with your feelings, you know that you can change them. You are
not your feelings.” “It is important to keep reminding [ourselves] to face the
truth of our feelings without identifying with them, acting them out, or
objectifying them and blaming them on other people.” Divine Mercy and Addiction, pp. 26-27.
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