Avoiding
Always my temptation.
I have been thinking about avoiding.
There are chores to be done today as the season turns.
Instead, I set out on a walk, where I will seek inspiration and a sense of nearness to you, Lord. The trail winds up and up, and through and through. It is a hard walk and I forget my cares.
Returning home, still with some light in the day, I face the shed and its clutter. I hear a voice: remove your sandals, this is hallowed ground.
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I thought the walk would draw me near you but it drew me away. You were here with my duties all along.
Grant me greater willingness, O Lord.
– from the mountain
Consider:
Can I cease my desire to avoid?
Reading:
“The spiritual life is not a process of addition, but of subtraction.” — Meister Eckhart
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“Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood, carry water.” — Zen Proverb
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“And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.” — Exodus 3:5 (KJV)
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