| | by Parker Palmer, A Hidden Wholeness
The soul is like a wild animal--tough, resilient, resourceful, savvy, self-sufficient. It knows how to survive in hard places. But it is also shy. Just like a wild animal, it seeks safety in the dense underbrush. If we want to see a wild animal, we know that the last thing we should do is go crashing through the woods yelling for it to come out. But if we will walk quietly into the woods, sit patiently by the base of the tree, and fade into our surroundings, the wild animal we seek might put in an appearance.
May this holiday afford you some time for solitude for your wild soul to come out from the underbrush to the the tree where you are quietly sitting. With all the crashing about of the holidays we can forget that our souls are "shy" and need solitude, real solitude, to be truly refreshed.
Happy holidays! Jesus was born! Merry Christmas and a happy New Year! |
| | Posted 12/23/2007 2:30 PM - 114 Views - 0 eProps - 0 comments
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