Let’s pretend that the ego is a marble slab that sits on the lofty throne of the mind. As long as our lives are lukewarm and complacent, not moving in the forward direction, things just get piled up on it: ideas, relationships, worries, fears, memories, etc. Pretty soon that slab is buried and we not only become hidden from others, but, tragically, from ourselves as well. Nevertheless, there is good news: we can choose, starting today, right here and now, to take that first step in the forward direction, and when we do, the circumstances of our lives, through which we journey, will begin to clear all of that junk off of that marble slab, and the slab itself will begin to take on new contours as it is shaped by contact with the other. Let’s, therefore, be open to the risk of new encounters that will allow our true beauty to be revealed. Ave Crux, Spes Uncia.
October 21, 2023
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