"Fully alive people do not see their lives as a perennial funeral procession with one day following uneventfully on the heels of another. Alive people see tomorrow as a new opportunity which they eagerly await. They are on the growing edge of life." (Father John Powell)

Sunday, July 5, 2009

A Spiritual Journey - by Wendell Berry

"And the world cannot be discovered by a journey of miles,no matter how long,but only by a spiritual journey, a journey of one inch, very arduous and humbling and joyful, by which we arrive at the ground at our feet, and learn to be at home."

Berry's vision of the spiritual journey reminds me that growth in the spiritual life is not about the "huge moments" or the spiritual "big deals" but about the small steps we take each dayand each moment. It is a journey of "spiritual inches" which, over time, adds up to my character and quality of soul.

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