FEAR...HUG IT AND KISS IT AND LET IT BE

If our only goal is to love, there is no such thing as failure. ***** After his conversion, Francis lived the rest of his life in an entirely different economy—the nonsensical economy of grace, where two plus two equals a hundred and deficits are somehow an advantage. -- Fr Richard Rohr, Daily Meditation, September 29, 2024

 
Not to put on airs, but I identify with that. My conversion came when I realized nothing turns me to God faster than fear...ergo, welcome fear...hug it and kiss it and let it be with a thank you.

I know this as my conversion since fear had ever been my dreaded go-to...against my wants and my will. Fear has been with me since approximately age two...fear of being left alone, fear of getting lost, fear of etc.

When I read Meister Eckhart's if the only prayer you ever pray is 'thank you', that would suffice, that changed me. Changed my consciousness to be precise. I envisioned any "worst case scenario" coming to me and knowing thank you would lift my resistance...the source of all fear.

That has proved true...when I remember. I no longer beat me up for not remembering instantly...which helps me get to God if not quicker at least less fraught. Which is priceless in its own right.

It is thank you that goes before me to make my crooked places straight.

Thank you.