What Can We Build From The Rubble? : fate refuses to stand still
Are we responsible for our unmerited suffering? The answer is no. And yes. We are not responsible for our predicament as its cause — whether it be cancer or job loss or the death of a child or spouse. But we are responsible for what we do with the effects, for what we build from the rubble that fate has made of our lives. William O’Malley, SJ
rugged wind tares bud and limb
dead autumn leaves and winter
bury summer’s seed
fallen aspen soldier rots
soup pot bears feral mushroom
no thing is as is forever
no thing is ever lost
every thing is changed
because
fate refuses to stand still
sagely wisdom welcomes
rough and rubble
of all things
finds in forage and fodder
raw heft and hunk of dreams
Words through Debra Asis, by the grace of Infinite Generativity
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William O’Malley, SJ’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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