Sunday, February 21, 2010

A Sacrifice of Praise

Life is amazing.  Just when you think there's nothing left, no hope, no color, no meaning, you get a glorious surprise.  We say and we shape and we dance around everything, always trying to reconnect, always working, always penetrating, only to find that we actually did know the whole time what we knew.

I'm here to say that life is good.  Because it's life.  All the horror in the world is to show us the way beyond horror.  All the buttons our loved ones push are to show us the buttons so we can leave them alone.  All the brokenness points to the wholeness that has always and will always exist, and only exists.  Does this make any sense?  Why have a world like this?  It can seem a cruel joke, but the only ripe option is to trust.  To embrace the mystery.  To become the beloved.

I love and I love and I love.  There is nowhere else to go.  Every blooming thing is a gift, if I know how to unwrap it.  And thankfully, everyone and everything shows me how.  Hallelujah. 

18 comments:

  1. Amen! "...to become the beloved." (sigh) GOOD!

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  2. Hallelujah indeed. You're touching something very deep here. Nothing can destroy joy, only cover it.

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  3. Beautiful post. Thos who can see joy in misery have discovered something very special and beautiful.

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  4. "All the horror in the world is to show us the way beyond horror."

    Move over, Kennedy. I think we've got us the newest, most inspiring, most quotable blogger ever right here. Absolutely ka-freakin' beautiful. Glad you've found your perspective.

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  5. A very very precious, glorious, and beautiful post which I will keep to remember. Thank you!

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  6. Wow! A great expression of praise for life. Thank you. You had a wonderful breakthrough!

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  7. Loving with nowhere else to go, do or be is one of my greatest discoveries.

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  8. "only to find that we actually did know the whole time what we knew"

    YEEHAW!!!!!

    This post makes me HAPPY!

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  9. Your love energy is bursting right out of my screen and into my heart. Thank you.

    Love...

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  10. Thank you all for your wonderful comments! It's nice to see how infectious this kind of joy is.

    This post really does represent a breakthrough for me, and I have to say that you my blogging friends have been very influential in this journey of mine.

    I don't think I've ever been compared to Kennedy or the Buddha - especially both at once! This makes me giggle. Kennedy, the Buddha, and a blogger walked into a bar...

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  11. And this is why you have an award waiting for you at my blog!

    Thoughtful, outstanding post as always, Polly.

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  12. L'chaim!! And to love, too. I lift my glass!

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  13. Hi Polly

    I love the positive tenor of this post - it rings out loud and clear and reminds us that hope triumphs over despair...

    Happy days

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  14. Cheers, Reya!

    Hi Delwyn! Thanks for stopping by. Are you still in transit?

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  15. EC - I almost missed you there. Thanks for the award!

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