Simplicity And Goodness Get The Upper Hand : being as a lotus flower
It can’t be any simpler; your anger might be perfectly justified; put up with the situation. Jim Manney
put down your sword
allow swift silver tongue
no sway
be
as a lotus flower
rooted
in mud
polluted
in mire
reaching lightward
pristine petals
repell dirt
unfold
good will
spell
perennial perfume
welcoming today
how does lotus flower
bloom
unstained by mud and muck?
how shall i drink
life’s muddy waters
quit
adversity’s lament
choose
purity’s poem lavish consent?
All words are generated by grace and the grit of a real human being,
Debra Asis
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Jim Manney’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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