Every creative act is open war against The Way It Is. What you are
saying when you make something is that the universe is not sufficient,
and what it really needs is more you. And it does, actually; it does.
Go look outside. You can’t tell me that we are done making the world.
-Tycho Brahe/Jerry Holkins
April 22, 2012
April 9, 2012
Call Me Maybe
It was raining after Easter Vigil. Surely that is a good omen.
I think instead of saying "I love you" to people, I'll just say "I see Christ in you. Let me be Christ to you." It's a much more descriptive way of saying the same thing. And perhaps it would help me keep love in perspective.
This year I failed to love. I failed not once but thrice.
As capable as my mind is of separating facts and emotions, I can't seem to escape those moments, those lowest of turning points. The awkward interactions, the callous episodes, the cold looks. Don't think I ever forget.
I don't know what I am called to do. Should I try to fix it? Let it be?
What would being Christ entail?
I think instead of saying "I love you" to people, I'll just say "I see Christ in you. Let me be Christ to you." It's a much more descriptive way of saying the same thing. And perhaps it would help me keep love in perspective.
This year I failed to love. I failed not once but thrice.
As capable as my mind is of separating facts and emotions, I can't seem to escape those moments, those lowest of turning points. The awkward interactions, the callous episodes, the cold looks. Don't think I ever forget.
I don't know what I am called to do. Should I try to fix it? Let it be?
What would being Christ entail?
March 11, 2012
March 1, 2012
Go Irish
This is where I want to be next year:
(See original here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/silyld/5180858613/)
Not my will but yours. But pretty pretty please let this be your will?
February 21, 2012
Shaken, not stirred
This reflection may have saved me. I'm shaken though.
"The spiritual life is like a tree. The one that has the deepest roots will withstand any wind, no matter how strong, and whatever elements the world will throw at it. Those whose roots are shallow and whose frame is week will be swept away or blown over. Though the branches may sway, at its core the tree with the deep roots is strong and sturdy. Sometimes, it happens that entire forests are uprooted and destroyed by man. But where those trees once stood, new ones will grow, because there will always be someone to plant them. This is the truth of the Church. Those who root themselves in Christ and the tradition of the Church, those who truly anchor their faith and their lives in the hope of Christ and the cross will never be destroyed by the winds and weather of the world and of the devil. But those whose roots are shallow and whose faith superficial will find it hard to resist the onslaught of the Evil One. Sadly, there are many who abandon the faith and who are overcome by the trials of the world. But those where these 'trees' once stood, new ones will grow. For the Lord, the planter, will always be there to sow new seeds."
"The spiritual life is like a tree. The one that has the deepest roots will withstand any wind, no matter how strong, and whatever elements the world will throw at it. Those whose roots are shallow and whose frame is week will be swept away or blown over. Though the branches may sway, at its core the tree with the deep roots is strong and sturdy. Sometimes, it happens that entire forests are uprooted and destroyed by man. But where those trees once stood, new ones will grow, because there will always be someone to plant them. This is the truth of the Church. Those who root themselves in Christ and the tradition of the Church, those who truly anchor their faith and their lives in the hope of Christ and the cross will never be destroyed by the winds and weather of the world and of the devil. But those whose roots are shallow and whose faith superficial will find it hard to resist the onslaught of the Evil One. Sadly, there are many who abandon the faith and who are overcome by the trials of the world. But those where these 'trees' once stood, new ones will grow. For the Lord, the planter, will always be there to sow new seeds."
January 10, 2012
January 2, 2012
And then it rained
"Okay, life's a fact, people do fall in love, people do belong to each
other, because that's the only chance anybody's got for real happiness."
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