My readings today include a story about a lobster. Like many of God’s creatures the growth of a lobster requires it to lose its shell at regular intervals. Whenever a lobster goes through this process it is vulnerable, but its instincts tell it that it must risk itself in order to grow. During Lent we…
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Wednesday In the Second Week of Lent
During my Lenten reading I often come across a saying or phrase I just have to pass on. It is better to build castles in the air, than to dwell in caves of gloom. Anything that arouses confidence in our life, with a larger sense of its use and beauty, increases our energy and prepares…
Tuesday in the Second Week of Lent
As my friend Tom notes, different people use the same terms differently. His Sufi teachers define “destiny” as what one is meant to live, what one was meant to become… fully embodied highest self, requiring conscious, intentional choices and the employment of will. However, they define “fate” as the outcome of living an unconscious, unintentional…
Monday in the Second Week of Lent
Suzy and I saw Jersey Boys yesterday. It was lots of fun and the music was joyous. I had been slightly down coming back from the beach and worrying over obstacles. The music reminded me of the old saying that we cannot play the chords of “success” upon an instrument relaxed by disappointment and discouragement.…
Friday In the First Week of Lent
Love is an often used and misunderstood word. Even Webster’s refers to it as an emotion, when it should be recognized as a principle that underlies the Universe. Emotional Love (Which I’m a big fan of by the way.) is but a faint suggestion of the great power, Love. Love in its pure form is…