Tuesday 1/23/18 5:14 AM
This morning I seem to be having difficulty concentrating
and staying awake. My devotional theme for the week is Going Inward. In her book Death
by Bread Alone, Dorothee Soelle writes, “The inward journey is an exercise,
something that is cultivated; it requires concentration and attentiveness. Above
all, the inward journey requires the greatest sincerity of which we are
capable. It entails a risk – the risk of shame if nothing is there, the risk of
emptiness if one does not change as a result, the risk of one’s own person –
and this risk is no less than that encountered on the way to another person. For
us moderns, perhaps, fear of being ridiculous in our own eyes is the greatest
shame.” Given my lack of concentration and attentiveness today I have a feeling
that an inward journey is not in the cards for me this morning. The good news:
There is no risk of finding an emptiness inside, no risk of having to change,
and no risk of seeing myself as being ridiculous. The bad news: No risk, no
reward.
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