Thou art our need; and in giving us more of thyself thou givest us all.
*Kahlil Gibran. The Prophet.
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A young man entered the novitiate, to prepare for ordination into the monastery. After a few days, in which the Abbot had repeatedly told him, “Be patient, and I will give you something to do, soon,” the young man spoke, “Father, sir, I am very confused and frustrated. I have come here to serve God, and you have given me nothing to do.” Replied the aged Abbot, “Son, it took most of my life to learn a lesson I’m trying to help you learn now, if you will not be so stubborn: He who cannot enjoy doing nothing for the Glory of God is ill prepared to do something for the Glory of God."
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I like an old catechism affirming that, essentially, we are created to enjoy God. Of course, what I just said is too “simply too impractical” for most to believe. We have identified who we are with what we do, when we are who we are before we do anything. Possibly, by getting this priority in order, we would enjoy both our doing and not-doing more.
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*Embracing the Light, Fe Langdon, Flickr
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*Lotus of the Heart is a Work of Arem Nahariim-Samadhi ~ a Hospice Chaplain, interspiritual author, writer, poet, and bicyclist. He is someone in love with Life and inviting others to that same ecstasy of Love ~ and, by the way, herein is nothing he claims as his own.
