COME DOWN FROM THE TREADMILL

Meditate on these words from Irish writer John O’Donohue from his book Beauty.  
 
“When you take the time to draw on your listening-imagination, you will begin to hear this gentle voice at the heart of your life. It is deeper and surer than all the other voices of disappointment, unease, self-criticism and bleakness.  
 
All holiness is about learning to hear the voice of your own soul…  
 
To enter into the gentleness of your own soul changes the tone and quality of your life. Your life is no longer consumed by hunger for the next event, experience or achievement. You learn to come down from the treadmill and walk on the earth.  
 
You gain a new respect for yourself and others and you learn to see how wonderfully precious this one life is…You no longer squander yourself on things and situations that deplete your essence. You know now that your true source is not outside you. Your soul is your true source and a new energy and passion awakens in you.”  
 
As Lent begins, come down from the treadmill of busyness and noise, and simply walk in silence. And listen.  
 
God wants to speak to you.  

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