Good morning…
We read these words out loud as we gathered for class in our basement. Written on page 41 of Waking Up to This Day, we sat with the wisdom of Paula D’Arcy.
“I had to be willing to slow down and move the way life was moving. “Life in the west is up to ninety miles an hour,” observed John O’Donohue, “and at ninety miles an hour you can be up to many things, but not presence.” I had to join life, move with her . . . feel her lifeblood in my own.”
Turning the page, we read on.
“…it was clear that the way you approach something (or someone) deeply affects everything that follows – it determines what you see. I saw that the heart’s willingness to move with life, to allow circumstances and experiences to become the path, is a great variable. On this fulcrum so much turns. I could see how many experiences and people I had missed, even when standing right before them for years.
This time I slowed down and moved the way life was moving.”
Further down, we kept reading.
“Moving the way life is moving seems, at first blush, to imply giving up, or ‘going along with,’ but nothing is further from the truth. Accepting the life before us is actually an expression of vitality. It speaks of an inner alignment with spirit – an alliance that reflects the perfection of life and the underlying life force.
On the pilgrimage I noticed that the longer we walked, the more our minds cleared. We experienced what it is like to slow down and take things in. Our pace gradually created an environment free from the usual distractions; we simply experienced the day before us. We were moving in a space of aliveness.”
Our Lord, you bless those who join in the festival and walk in the brightness of your presence (Psalm 89:15, CEV).
…Sue…
