At its best, Franciscan life is not words or even ethics. It is flesh—naked, vulnerable flesh—unable to deny its limitations, unable to cover its wounds. Francis called this inner nakedness 'poverty.' -- Richard Rohr's Daily Meditations
I choose to believe that all words have two meanings, the good and the not-so-good, the words of peace or love and the words of hate or hurt,
Maybe all acts fall into those two categories...keep it simple being our best intention. Keeping it spiritually simple...ah, there be the Self stripped bare.
My recent revelation...the reasoning mind is incapable of keeping it simple. We go to God or we live in self-centered fear, which we suspect is the natural state of the reasoning mind.
The great and glorious news is: We do not need to live in that state...we can and do trust God. We can have faith and live happy, joyous and free!
Thank you.
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