The following was written by Henri Nouwen (the Morning Dose of Henri awaits many of us these days I'm sure, in our inboxes, grinning away at us, saying read, read...! and here's is today's offering..it deserved to be shared..)
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Living the Moment to the Fullest
Patience is a hard discipline. It is not just waiting until something happens over which we have no control: the arrival of the bus, the end of the rain, the return of a friend, the resolution of a conflict. Patience is not a waiting passivity until someone else does something. Patience asks us to live the moment to the fullest, to be completely present to the moment, to taste the here and now, to be where we are. When we are impatient we try to get away from where we are. We behave as if the real thing will happen tomorrow, later and somewhere else. Let's be patient and trust that the treasure we look for is hidden in the ground on which we stand.
(get your own, here...)
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that's goooood. thanks for the link too heywood. in my degree i remember someone expounding something about patience through greek or hebrew or aramaic or something, emphasisng the fact that patience was never passive but also it was often a painful process... one to ponder. I can't remember aanymore, sorry. Love Jon x
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