Wild, Wild Life

Our spirituality is not about doctrine, or churches, or avoiding bad things in your life. It is a growing path of love that God invites us to participate in, led by Him. The best thing we can do to revive our spiritual walk is to embrace the mystery of our future, which God opens up, little by little, everyday.

To Love our Neighbor is to Love Ourselves

The west wind stirs the pine tree,
Releasing it from ice
And the branches moan, "Spring is here"
Not knowing the maple's bows next to it
Remain bare.

Love is Not Against the Law

Love-- the meeting of the needs of the person in front of you-- is not the Law. 

The Law tells us what love is in every specific circumstance. Love allows the spirit of God to tell us how best to love. Law opposes the true work of love by relegating it, no matter what the specific circumstance.

Us and Them

"We will confront our enemies for crossing our fork, but approve of friends that lick our plate clean." -British saying

It is shown that humans have a tendency to put people in categories, "us" and "them" and that the same actions that we condemn "them" we not only forgive, but often approve among "us."

Perhaps our goal should be to question our tendency to condemn, and offer forgiveness even to "them".