Tuesday, April 17,
2012
Today's Gift
Today's Gift
The purpose of learning is
growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue growing as we continue to
live. --Mortimer Adler
In some areas of our lives we are right on target.
Our level of maturity is exactly as it should be, and we are going through the
stages that people of our age ought to be going through. In other areas, this is
not so. We are complex people, irregular, uneven. In all of us there are areas
fixated in some emotional ice age, areas that have not felt the freeing warmth
of the sun.
We cannot expect ourselves to move forward all at
once. Not only is it okay to move slowly - it's often the only way it can be.
Confusion, conflict, or pain may have caused us to let our memories or feelings
be frozen safely away. This has been a long process, and we can allow ourselves
more time to heal. The task now is not to deny or hide from these changes, but
to have confidence that the healing warmth of the program will reflect on all
areas of our lives and help make us whole.
I am thankful I am given both time and patience
in which to continue my growth.
From the book Days of Healing, Days of Joy by Earnie Larsen and
Carol Larsen Hegarty
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