At the beginning of my life journey I set out to BE who I was created to be. A precious human BEING! Along the way I have become more of a human DOING. My worth seemed to be judged based on accomplishments and productivity. I learned to create and sustain a lifestyle of busyness and multi-tasking. It has been exhausting. Every capability that emerged demanded that I throw myself into it. Not that I didn't enjoy it, or learn a lot from the wide and random exploration, but there came a point when I noticed (which required stopping long enough to pay attention) that I felt out of balance, out of touch with who I really am?
Even before I had heard of a blog, this one was writing itself in my subconscious, and even at times my conscious mind. I wondered if scrambling down the complicated road to and through adulthood had been an effort not to escape childhood and "grow up," but rather to figure out that there is wisdom in the inner child that I had ignored. I had lost touch with the essential ME.
In the course of this blog, I hope to explore the ways in which re-connecting with the innocence, candor, honestly and openness to amazement that young children possess innately, is a key to tapping into the holiness and purpose that is woven into the very fabric of my body and soul. (Psalm 139)
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Kathie,
ReplyDeleteI am touched by your view of the traits of the "child" in us that give value to our lives- innocence, candor, honesty, openness to amazement.Also, I am glad you were able to start this blog.
You are echoing the thoughts I read this morning in Parker Palmer's "Let Your Life Speak." Finding the life we are created to live is incredibly freeing and peaceful.
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