Letter 4519
Looking across the field, a family of deer is browsing at the edge of the woods. I am far off, and no danger. They peacefully feed.
They are fulfilling their purpose without question.
Here in my room, I am in turmoil as I wonder what will come next, what I will do, how I should act.
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Why do I not fulfill my own purpose without question?
You placed me here on this cushion, Lord. You gave me this heart and soul. Let me feed them without worry over where I might go later.
Consider:
Can I seek your will, moment by moment?
Reading:
❖ “Remember that you are an actor in a drama of such sort as the Author chooses.” — Epictetus, Enchiridion, ch. 17, trans. Thomas Wentworth Higginson
❖ “Before you tell your life what you intend to do with it, listen for what it intends to do with you.” — Parker J. Palmer, Let Your Life Speak
❖ “My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.” — John 4:34 (KJV)
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~B.R.
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