This season’s holidays welcome back the light. While the change is subtle in the lower 48 (about one minute more light each day), elsewhere it’s more dramatic. In parts of Alaska, for example, there’s seven minutes more light each day or an hour more every nine days.
As our northern world rediscovers its light, may we also rediscover our own light. Call it spirit, inner teacher, soul, still point, etc., each of us has a living well deep within – what Thomas Merton calls “a point of pure truth.” Although shy, it emerges when welcomed into a safe, hospitable space. Our times of reflection and contemplation can offer such space.
When it comes forth, we recognize who we really are. Unadorned and unmasked, this pure truth presents our values, our fears, and our yearnings. To embrace these and walk with them into our day-to-day lives is to live undivided…to be whole.
So, while the holidays often assume a hustle-and-bustle reputation, my wish for you is some quiet, reflective time that welcomes and receives your inner teacher. And may you enjoy each other’s company.
Merry Christmas.
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The divided life may be endemic, but wholeness is always a choice. Parker Palmer
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In this brief video, Parker Palmer speaks to the space between what is and what could be and how we can best live in that tension (watch video).
When it comes forth, we recognize who we really are. Unadorned and unmasked, this pure truth presents our values, our fears, and our yearnings. To embrace these and walk with them into our day-to-day lives is to live undivided…to be whole.
So, while the holidays often assume a hustle-and-bustle reputation, my wish for you is some quiet, reflective time that welcomes and receives your inner teacher. And may you enjoy each other’s company.
Merry Christmas.
Quote
The divided life may be endemic, but wholeness is always a choice. Parker Palmer
Web
In this brief video, Parker Palmer speaks to the space between what is and what could be and how we can best live in that tension (watch video).
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