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Joy in the mess
Do you remember the tale of the banquet, when the guests are given spoons with handles much too long to get the food into their own mouths? I like this version, from the book by Rodaan Al Galidi and illustrated with delicious cut paper by Geertje Aalders. In Al Galidi’s telling, an initial ...
From our friends at Soul Matters:
“It’s easy to get tricked,
taken for a ride,
convinced that joy
is a possession.
Something to be caught, contained and controlled
just by us.
As if it’s a birthday present,
waiting for us to unwrap it
and keep forever and ever.
And who can blame us,
with pain seeming so powerfully prevalent, and permanent.
If sadness can stay for so ...
From our friends at Soul Matters:
In religious circles, talk of trust most often revolves around having faith that life will look after us. For instance, our Christian friends sing hymns about God “watching over us” and keeping “an eye on the sparrow.” Our Jewish friends lift up the Exodus story to encourage faith that God ...