People in our hungry modern world are always scraping at the clay of their hearts.
They have a new thought, a new plan, a new syndrome, that now explains why they are the way they are. They have found an old memory that opens a new wound.
They keep on relentlessly, again and again, scraping the clay away from their own hearts.
In nature we do not see trees, for instance, getting seriously involved in therapeutic analysis of their root systems or the whole stony world that they had to avoid on their way to the light.
Each tree grows in two directions at once, into the darkness and out to the light with as many branches and roots as it needs to embody its wild desires.
Negative introspection damages the soul.
It holds many people trapped for years and years, and ironically, it never allows them to change.
It is wise to allow the soul to carry on its secret work in the night side of your life.
You might not see anything stirring for a long time.
You might have only the slightest intimations of the secret growth that is happening within you,
but these intimations are sufficient.
John O'Donohue
Excerpt from ANAM CARA
Excerpt from ANAM CARA
Love, Lolly
He is a personal favorite of mine. He sometimes challenges me in surprising ways. Often I have to put it aside and take it up again another time when my mind is more open.
ReplyDeleteI am currently reading, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck. It pretty much says the exact same thing. Why can’t I get it? And why can’t I understand that I don’t need to get it and to just let it go? And there goes my brain chasing itself again.
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