Let’s take an imaginary walk out of doors into a beautiful setting. I won’t describe to you what that
setting would look like …this is after all your walk. Pick what for you would be a really special, serene,
interesting (and as many superlatives as you would like to throw in) place. Really take a while and make it as perfect as you can. Alright do you have it in mind? This for you will be a sanctuary. So that would mean a safe haven, right?
There are a couple of catches to enjoying this beautiful place. One is that it is for you alone. No friends, pets, children, TVs, sports specials, parties, fast cars, good food or any other distractions allowed. The next catch is all of your striving to get ahead, second guessing of your actions, worry if you’re dressed right or fit in and the need to impress people or get their approval has to be checked at the entrance. In other words you have to stop packaging yourself for resale. By now are you walking around kicking clods of dirt and thinking well what in the world am I going to do here? Like many of us you may be starting to fidget? Ok now back to the statement above does it still feel like a safe haven? I would bet many people would say NO!
It should tell us something if being with our plain, vanilla, unadorned self makes us uncomfortable. It seems like the first step to finding our own answers is to understand how valuable and important to us that plain, vanilla, unadorned self is. Maybe that is what you could start doing in that sanctuary
setting would look like …this is after all your walk. Pick what for you would be a really special, serene,
interesting (and as many superlatives as you would like to throw in) place. Really take a while and make it as perfect as you can. Alright do you have it in mind? This for you will be a sanctuary. So that would mean a safe haven, right?
There are a couple of catches to enjoying this beautiful place. One is that it is for you alone. No friends, pets, children, TVs, sports specials, parties, fast cars, good food or any other distractions allowed. The next catch is all of your striving to get ahead, second guessing of your actions, worry if you’re dressed right or fit in and the need to impress people or get their approval has to be checked at the entrance. In other words you have to stop packaging yourself for resale. By now are you walking around kicking clods of dirt and thinking well what in the world am I going to do here? Like many of us you may be starting to fidget? Ok now back to the statement above does it still feel like a safe haven? I would bet many people would say NO!
It should tell us something if being with our plain, vanilla, unadorned self makes us uncomfortable. It seems like the first step to finding our own answers is to understand how valuable and important to us that plain, vanilla, unadorned self is. Maybe that is what you could start doing in that sanctuary
