Be careful what you leave in your life.
Some things do not destroy us immediately.
They simply distort our vision little by little until we can no longer see clearly.
Thorns
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Healing Through Seeing
I’ve noticed something interesting.
Sometimes the moment I understand what I’ve been carrying, it no longer feels quite as heavy.
Not because it is gone.
Not because I’ve solved it.
But because I can finally see it.
Recently, I realized that many of my fears, insecurities, and questions were connected by a deeper wound: rejection.
The realization didn’t instantly heal anything.
Yet something changed.
The burden became lighter.
The confusion gave way to clarity.
I think healing often begins there.
Not when we fix ourselves.
Not when we become stronger.
But when we finally see clearly what has been there all along.
What is hidden controls us. What is seen can begin to heal.
Opened Eyes
Many of us spend our lives trying to control outcomes.
We want certainty. We want reassurance. We want life to unfold according to our plans.
But perhaps wisdom begins when control ends.
Balaam described himself as a man whose eyes were opened.
Not a man who controlled reality.
A man who finally saw it.
Maybe the goal is not to bend life to our wishes.
Maybe the goal is to see clearly enough to walk faithfully within what is.
The desire for control closes the hand. The desire for truth opens the eyes.
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Living in Truth
One reason nature feels so therapeutic may be because it has no capacity for illusion.
A tree does not pretend to be healthy when it is dying.
Winter does not try to be spring.
A pond reflects what is there.
Nature lives in reality because it cannot do otherwise.
Perhaps that is why it helps us slow down.
The longer we sit with nature, the more we remember that reality does not need our permission.
It simply is.
And there is something deeply peaceful about learning to live within what is true.
Posted in Marrow Monday
Tagged #NatureReflection, #ReflectiveLiving, #SeeingClearly, #WalkingInTruth
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Reflections
For a long time I thought faith was about having the right answers.
Lately I wonder if it is something simpler.
Perhaps faith begins with a willingness to see what is true.
Fear distorts.
Pride distorts.
Shame distorts.
But truth remains.
The challenge is not creating truth.
The challenge is seeing it.
Maybe walking in truth is learning to remove the lenses that keep us from seeing reality clearly.
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Tension
Today I woke up, grabbed my coffee, and wanted to work on my next post about Crime and Punishment. Before I could begin writing, I logged into a couple of the platforms where I share my content. The first thing I see are graphs showing how people are engaging with my posts. It showed several of my posts have not been viewed at all, which started to create uncomfortable feelings.
Instead of focusing on the feelings, I began to ask myself several questions. What am I feeling? I am feeling sad, anxious, and down. Why am I feeling this way? Because people are not engaging with my content, thus my content must not be good. What does this say about me? I’m not good enough. Now I am feeling even more depressed. Then something reminded me of a past post.
This post said that being human means we get off course at times, and how we need reminders to help us change our headings. New questions started to form in my mind. Why did you start posting this content? To share what I enjoy and learn from older books. What is the main purpose of these platforms you are using? At the core, to make money. And because they make money through attention, engagement becomes important to them. This helped me remember that when the aims are different, they lead down different paths. My core intent is to post truth, so my aim will lead me somewhere different, and it’s a place not everyone wants to go.
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Truth vs Fear
Fear focuses on the giants.
Truth remembers the whole landscape.
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Humility
Humility is often mistaken for thinking less of yourself.
But perhaps humility isn’t about thinking less of yourself at all.
Perhaps it is about seeing reality clearly.
The proud person says:
“I’m more important than I am.”
The ashamed person says:
“I’m less important than I am.”
Humility stands in the middle and says:
“I am who I am.”
No exaggeration.
No dismissal.
Just truth.
When we see ourselves clearly, we no longer need to elevate ourselves above others.
Nor do we need to diminish ourselves beneath them.
We are simply free to be who we are.
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Sabbath Saturday
We often think our attention stays inside our own minds.
It doesn’t.
A frustration revisited often enough can become resentment.
A fear fed continually can become anxiety.
Yet the opposite is true as well.
Gratitude grows when it is noticed.
Beauty grows when it is observed.
Peace grows when it is protected.
What we repeatedly pay attention to tends to spread.
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Friday Walden Post
In the next chapter titled Visitors, people came to Thoreau carrying different things. Some brought fear. Some sought companionship. Some came out of curiosity, need, freedom, or simple enjoyment.
What struck me most was how carefully Thoreau observed them. He seemed interested not only in who they were, but in what brought them to his door.
Yet the chapter wasn’t only about the visitors. Thoreau was wrestling with his own judgments as well.
He wanted the woodchopper to awaken to deeper intellectual and spiritual questions, yet he also admired the man’s simplicity and contentment. He saw both a lack and a wisdom.
Perhaps the marrow of the chapter lies in that tension.
There is meaning to be found in life, but we don’t need to force meaning into everything. There is value in seeking deeper understanding, but there is also wisdom in simply being present to what is before us.
Sometimes maturity is knowing when to dig deeper, and when to appreciate the simplicity already in front of us.
