Monday, May 15, 2017
“I need more grace
than I thought.”
(Rumi)
Sometimes a few simple words
from a poem can say something about reality in a way so simple and direct that
it causes us to gaze within and realize that, “Yes, that is true about me. Yes,
that is true about my life. Yes, that describes the human condition more
eloquently than pages of commentary.”
And now that I have said that,
how could I possibly say more, except to confess that I am often deluded by
prideful thoughts of how far I have come only to then discover that I still
have so far to go or that I am actually regressing rather than advancing. And I
am reminded not to trust my own thinking especially when it comes to thoughts
about my own spiritual journey. My sense of self-reliance is shattered by these
few words as I am reminded that all the help I need, all the grace, is not
within me but rather comes from outside of me. And yet, perhaps I am saying too
much already. I do better, I suspect, to just leave you with those two lines of
a divinely inspired poet and let them do their work within you.
God bless you!
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