All mature spirituality is about letting go and unlearning. -- Fr Richard Rohr
The following is a note I wrote in my God Calling in 1985...of me trying to help free a Junebug caught in a window screen of my bedroom: Tried to help a Junebug at my window get free...finally told it that it had God same as me and it'd have to let God do it because i couldn't and I turned around and it was free.
I wrote that in my God Calling when it happened on June 14, 1985. I still remember my awe seeing it flying free. Truly, I had tried to free it, punching around it with a pencil until I realized I would kill it before I freed it and finally gave up.
As I turned and walked away, immediately I heard a buzzing sound. I looked over my shoulder and saw the Junebug flying away, free...well, to say I was gobsmacked isn't putting too fine a point on it.
I was just 14 years into my search for spiritual growth, and I knew this was a God-gift experience...for me and for the Junebug.
In truth, I still believe that, and I feel just as awed right now as I felt then. It was so of God. Just as every single happening in our day is...all we need do is get out of God's way to believe.
Thank you.
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