RESIST NOT...ACCEPT IT WITH A KISS

Before I inadvertently chose still more spiritual growth, my daily life seemed to be a series of good news, uh-oh, not-so-good news.

Then came the big reveal...spiritual growth is akin to daily life! Except for the little bump...basically, to win we must lose. 

Life is a series of less thans and thank yous, but spiritually, the mysterious thank you always leads the less thans from behind. It is the fallback that forms the necessary steppingstones for authentic spiritual growth forward. 

We begin to glimpse the counterintuitive way.

Slowly we learn that much of our vaunted spiritual growth had been wishful thinking...oh, the chagrin. Then we discover our chagrin to be God's love-and-laugh gift...to love and laugh at our self all rigid, right and religious is the priceless pearl.

There. We can see more clearly now...our inadvertent opt for spiritual growth began with our resistance to the Sermon on the Mount. (Note: If we're expecting the Sermon to make reasoning-mind sense, we're going down that wrong road again...aim higher.) 

Short and to the point, the spiritual solution to daily problems is to feel the resistance and do it anyway. Kiss it on the lips and do it anyway. Hug it and kiss it to let it go. There is no cheap spiritual growth.

Thank you.