We're finding that it's all about detaching which has no inborn gene. Learning to trust God and doing better than we want to when we're not feeling it is detachment's starter course.
My spiritual awakening began when I saw, realized and accepted that I am a good and decent person...with enough mud on my tires to earn my God focus.
What an eye-opener...all of our rues, regrets and remorses are God's slivers of gold that led us out of self-absorption into an unselfconscious care and concern for others.
Backing off of our eyebrows-up idea of goodness with its unreachable demands allowed us to hear the inner voice with its occasional atta girl! There it is...humble awe.
In learning this detached way, a word of warning comes from James Finley, a teacher at Fr Richard Rohr's Center, who nailed it when he said, We have to be very careful not to become attached to the goal of becoming detached!
Our human condition all but guarantees we will sail too close to attaching. In that regard, Fr Richard's words show us the way: We don't get to God by doing it right, we get to God by doing it wrong.
Thank you.
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