January 20, 2021--Staying with Our Feelings
Being in a place of peace may be the goal,
but if we want to get there we have to engage
in the process of being with ourselves
when we are not at peace.
Most of us are looking for the rocket-ship to heaven.
We want to go from feeling pain to feeling ecstasy
without having to change buses.
We have to learn that it is better to take step one
in good faith, then to try to leapfrog
to step twenty-six on the first attempt.
It takes courage to stay with what we are feeling.
and it takes a lot of practice
before we can learn to do it effectively.
But what is the alternative?
If we deny or intellectualize our feelings,
we will squander the opportunity they provide us
for real transformation.
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