Do I Dare Disturb The Universe

Do I dare disturb the universe?  — T.S. Eliot.

It is hard to imagine a poet disturbing the universe, but look who did: 1. A Lawyer –Gandhi. 2. A Tiny Nun –Mother Teresa. 3.A Bus Rider –Rosa Parks. The list could go on forever. And don’t forget the carpenter who this Lent thin is all about — Jesus.

We all the capability to disturb the universe, and that’s the path we’ve been walking. Our prayers, meditations, sacrifice, and service have brought us to the point where we must decide to continue on the path or return to an earlier time. Day by day we have been adding and multiplying every day much like doubling a penny every day until we have millions this week, but what do we do with this force we have built?

For each of us the answer is different, but it does include “disturbing the universe.” Do you dare? I hope the answer is yes.

 

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About the author

Webb Hubbell is the former Associate Attorney General of The United States. His novels, When Men Betray, Ginger Snaps, A Game of Inches, The Eighteenth Green, and The East End are published by Beaufort Books and are available online or at your local bookstore. When Men Betray won one of the IndieFab awards for best novel in 2014. Ginger Snaps and The Eighteenth Green won the IPPY Awards Gold Medal for best suspense/thriller. His latest, “Light of Day” will be on the bookstands soon.