Big Desires : swallow the sea or drown in a teacup
Big desire is the faculty which receives, so the bigger our desire is, the more we can receive. One part of this life is to learn to want largely and earnestly enough to make us capable of the infinite rightness of God’s kingdom. The more we try to tame and reduce ourselves and our desires and hopes, the more we deceive and distort ourselves. Simon Tugwell, OP
do not remove
erase deface
deep down cavern
craving
do not refuse
declare untrue
profound sound
aching
settling
for trifles
springing back
from Something More
insures drowning
in a cup of tea
instead of swallowing
the sea
bigger than big
deep down
petition
sacred summons
momentous
mission
unself-consciously accepts
oceanic righteous
settling
for trifles
springing back
from Something More
insures drowning
in a cup of tea
instead of swallowing
the sea
Words through Debra Asis, by the grace of Infinite Generativity
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Simon Tugwell, OP’s quote is found in today’s selection in An Ignatian Book of Days by Jim Manney is a series of daily reflections from the Spiritual Wisdom of St. Ignatius of Loyola. Throughout the book we hear the voices of St. Ignatius as well as many great thinkers and writers, long gone and present day, each uniquely revealing the way of finding God in all things. And that is my intention; to find God/Divine Presence/Ultimate Reality in whatever presents itself to me each day in 2024.
Each day I read, reflect and write on the selection, hoping to articulate the ways in which I come to know God/Divine Presence/Ultimate Reality via personal experience, impelled by the leading of my inner life.
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