My starting point is that we're already there. We cannot attain the presence of God because we're already totally in the presence of God. What's absent is awareness. Little do we realize that God is maintaining us in existence with every breath we take. As we take another it means that God is choosing us now and now and now. We have nothing to attain or even to learn. We do, however, need to unlearn some things. --Richard Rohr, from Everything Belongs, p. 29
what I want to unlearn:
peace means everything being settled
conflict is the enemy
feelings determine well-being
completion is possible
perfection is attainable
discontent must be squelched
grace is limited
3 comments:
Such great thoughts . . . thank you!
I agree with your mom! Thank you!
conflict is the enemy. that's a really tough one for me, too. ugh.
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