Dropping the Storyline

Dropping the Storyline

November 15, 2015
Rev. Elaine Aron Tenbrink
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“Before you know what kindness really is
you must lose things,
feel the future dissolve in a moment
like salt in a weakened broth…”
-Naomi Shihab Nye

As our lives unfold, the future dissolves. No matter how well we plan, how faithfully we follow the maps before us, we often find ourselves traveling into territory that doesn’t look like what we expected. Sometimes, it’s a land that we never would have chosen. As we cross the border into life’s next chapter—or even into its next moments—we could grow rigid and fearful, or we could become compassionate and kind. How might our journeying hearts and souls grow in the direction of the values we hold most dear?

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