I have lost my connection to desire, to future, to longing. These weird days and weeks and months of watching people pushing the weaker ones around, others lieing, and still others doing nothing to push back for the sake of Love. . . . All of that has sapped my energy and planted apathy in me. I don't want the apathy to grow roots into me. I'm praying instead for comfort and energy and focus and a loving, peaceful way forward. I'm leaning forward, letting love and peace guide me back to a connection to the future.
You gave us words and permission to feel forlorn about the times we live in today... and by linking it to Easter -- you have reminded us that there is hope ... and thus reason to carry on with those things that were meaningful and new projects that might be revealed once the depth of loss is acknowledged and then put aside... at least this is what I am "hearing".
Dear Anne, yes, I understand the Lenten season as an invitation indeed to hold our sorrows and forlornness in a warm embrace. To not get lost in it and to not ignore it but to recognize it as what it is. It is a journey to our heart and thus will offer healing and new beginnings also, at least that is what I have witnesses time and again. And that is what we will do in communion come passion week. Much love always 🙏
Almut thank you for this….”And now for us, this Lenten season. Here and now, in this tumultuous time, where viruses and hatred and war and lies run rampant, we are called into a time of reflection, into this journey of lament and mourning, and into holding our sorrows - lightly.” for me, letting go, releasing the tight grip I have on-security, control and self-esteem as Keating and Rohr and Christ teach me…
I have lost my connection to desire, to future, to longing. These weird days and weeks and months of watching people pushing the weaker ones around, others lieing, and still others doing nothing to push back for the sake of Love. . . . All of that has sapped my energy and planted apathy in me. I don't want the apathy to grow roots into me. I'm praying instead for comfort and energy and focus and a loving, peaceful way forward. I'm leaning forward, letting love and peace guide me back to a connection to the future.
I hear you Carol, I hear your lament. It feels like we have lost what makes us alive. It makes our longing for Easter real, doesn't it?
Thank you, Almut. Perfect words for thus awful time in our country. I'm trying to dance with my anxiety and find hope wherever I can.
Much blessing for your dance, dear Kathleen.
You gave us words and permission to feel forlorn about the times we live in today... and by linking it to Easter -- you have reminded us that there is hope ... and thus reason to carry on with those things that were meaningful and new projects that might be revealed once the depth of loss is acknowledged and then put aside... at least this is what I am "hearing".
Dear Anne, yes, I understand the Lenten season as an invitation indeed to hold our sorrows and forlornness in a warm embrace. To not get lost in it and to not ignore it but to recognize it as what it is. It is a journey to our heart and thus will offer healing and new beginnings also, at least that is what I have witnesses time and again. And that is what we will do in communion come passion week. Much love always 🙏
Almut thank you for this….”And now for us, this Lenten season. Here and now, in this tumultuous time, where viruses and hatred and war and lies run rampant, we are called into a time of reflection, into this journey of lament and mourning, and into holding our sorrows - lightly.” for me, letting go, releasing the tight grip I have on-security, control and self-esteem as Keating and Rohr and Christ teach me…
I love this, Cindy, letting go is a difficult practice indeed.