Many of us come to believe in a power greater than ourselves...or we proclaim we do. If that be true, at some point we will meet the need to throw in with that power...in with, as in give over to, cede our very self to. We will no longer feel the only security is in holding tight to our own thinking, feeling, doing, being...our own boundaries in a word.
We "fly up" (an old Brownie into Girl Scout expression if I remember correctly which is always doubtful). We accept that we are children without borders, that God has our back. We know from our own experience that we must live by spiritual principles now or we will send ourselves back to the reasoning mind world of either/or, right/wrong, win/lose...the world of worry.
"We finally realize that others cannot meet our need for whatever our need declares itself to be...rather our own stability comes through giving and not demanding that the other receive. That may be the necessary crossover point to spiritual maturity for any of us." [Fr. Richard Rohr's "Daily Meditations" of June 27, 2014, paraphrased.]
Imagine the freedom of giving of your very self without feeling a need (which, in truth, is a want) that the other receive any part of it! There's the freedom we pray for...already within us, longing to fly.
Thank you.
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