The journey...

There are times in my life where I become impatient - far too frequently I am impatient with others (a weakness on my part!) and very frequently I am impatient with myself.

A Jesuit friend of mine, Bruce Botha, once gave me some very sound advice. It is simple, yet profound. As I was talking about the pressure that I place myself under in order to achieve 'things he simply said 'Dion, there is enough time.

The profound simplicity and truth of that statement has lived within me for some years now. There is enough time. There is enough time for prayer, there is enough time for love, there is enough time for work, there is enough time for play... there is enough time...

What has helped me along this journey has been the discipline of taking silence in the presence of God. I carve out silent space in my day and week, times where I can simple be in stillness with God. This little discipline has also helped me to hold on to the truth that the spiritual life is much less a destination than it is a journey.

Because life is a journey I can be patient with myself and others along the way. We are exactly where we are. We may not be where we wish to be, but we can be sure that we are where we are! That is the nature of a journey. If one can appreciate your current location without being stuck on where you have come from, or removed from the present because of a desire to get somewhere else, then the present moment becomes a place of blessing and peace.

This quote made a lot of sense to me.

The journey by which we discover God is also the journey by which we discover, or uncover, our true self hidden in God. It is a journey that we all have to make. - Esther de Waal from Living with Contradiction

Have a blessed day!