Weekly Soul: Week 21 - Change
Today's meditation from Weekly Soul: Fifty-two Meditations on Meaningful, Joyful, and Peaceful Living by Dr. Frederic Craigie. -21- In a time of drastic change one can be too preoccupied with what is ending or too obsessed with what seems to be beginning. In either case one loses touch with the present and with its obscure but dynamic possibilities. What really matters is openness, readiness, attention, courage to face risk. You do not need to know precisely what is happening or exactly where it is all going. What you need is to recognize the possibilities and challenges offered by the present moment, and to embrace them with courage, faith and hope. Thomas Merton A family physician tells the story of a frightening event in the practice’s waiting room. A burly and disheveled man had become agitated and began to scream in an angry and threatening way. Other patients and staff scurried for cover. As the man continued his angry-eyed screaming, the ...