Pat said to me some years back that we are spirits learning to become human. The idea for me was revolutionary, game changer. We are not prisoners in these forms that provide locomotion, but are inside these shells to learn to control the levers to become human. On the job training!
When Martin Luther King died some years back and some folks took to the street burning houses and rioting, it was clear that they did not know the man. His non-violent spirit, from whatever vantage point it had at the time, was disappointed with the violent spirit manifested here.
On the human side, it seems to me that grief works to purge the Spirit of the heavy pots and pans of daily living acquired by merely being human. Good grief might set us on the path of, "...Not so much seek to be consoled, as to console: To be understood, as to understand: To be loved, as to love." Francis of Assisi
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I love this. I wonder how long it takes to learn to be human?
Not to be flip, because I actually believe this to be true, but the visual in my head is the original Body Snatchers...We play the part, do the "human" thing, only to have it whisked away by the pods in the basement.
(I remember watching this movie in Newton Rd. with you and my mom, and oddly, it enters into my thoughts often).
If you had your druthers, I'm sure you would have stayed a spirit. But then none of us could had enjoyed and grown from your wisdom. "Just leave the pots and pans to me" said Hemingway to Faulkner.
You make me laugh, Hemingway and Faulkner :)
Tony,
You have so many great idea's... I am with you 100% and have learned to feel safe in a world where death does lurk around the corner. I believe as a family, our faith is what will guide us. I am also guided to believe that my closest friends can save me when I am scared!
Insightful and thought provoking...and we do love to have our thoughts "provoked"!
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