You Can Trust Your Experience: the bird in my chest
Books and ideas and the counsel of the wise are all well and good, but the main arena for discernment is what we ourselves experience. We can discern the right direction by thoughtful reflection on our relationships with others, our work in the world, and on the feelings these encounters generate.
J. Michael Sparough, SJ
There is a bird in my chest
whispering
anger sadness
disgust gladness
There is a bird in my chest
lighting matches
memories reason insight
sparking what is right
There is a bird in my chest
floating
comfort cheer release
gifting peace
There is a bird in my chest
growing knowing
waking me
to welcome this gray day
Poem by Debra Asis
The J. Michael Sparough, SJ quote is found in today’s selection in An Ignatian Book of Days by Jim Manney, 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.
INVITATION
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All words are generated by grace and the grit of a real human being,
Debra Asis
