A quote I saw in a movie review in the New York Times, attributed to the medieval Jewish scholar, Rashi … “Receive with simplicity everything that happens to you.”
This is a sentiment we could afford to repeat to ourselves at almost every turn. This world complicates so much that the concept of simplicity is nowhere to be found. And yet if we believe in God, we realize life is ephemeral in many ways. It is not nearly as complicated as we make it. It is a grain of sand in the passage of time. It is everything to us and yet it is also nothing but a journey toward death and eternal life.
Keeping life simple is hard … accepting everything that happens with humility and an open heart is even harder. But I know that is some of what God wants from us. And that takes the kind of belief he definitely expects from us.
I will think about the things that have happened to me in the last 30 days, and see if I have received them with simplicity and acceptance … a good exercise.
Justo,
ReplyDeleteEnjoyed reading some of your posts. You have a very poetic nature, I think. Definitely made me think and they were good thoughts.