In the middle of my life:
“All goals, mission statements, positive thinking, bonus mileage plans, and future career moves safely to the rear, we can look around and find ourselves, slightly chilled, in a small, unfamiliar clearing in a dark wood, facing the stubborn, unremitting, not-to-be-accepted life
we have made and must call our own. One day, Nel mezzo, in the middle of everything, we awake and see our life as we have made it.
Seven centuries ago, Dante Alighieri began his magestical epic on existence, the Commedia, with these words.
Nel mezzo…del cammin…de nostra vita…mi retrovai…
Per un oscure selva.
In the middle…of the road…of my life…I awoke…
In a dark wood.”
From The Heart Aroused by David Whyte
“Speaking His silent language in the flowing water and the falling snow, He quietly declares, “in the middle of your turbulent world I am in control. Listen to me. I am here.”
From Listening for God’s Silent Language by Don Osgood
Nel Mezzo – in the middle – going somewhere, coming from, heading to or just not sure. Nel Mezzo mia vita – in the middle of my life.
I feel I am in the middle of something, of change, of transformation, of reshaping hope. Can’t see it yet but in the middle of my own world God is quietly declaring something to my heart.
3 comments:
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That's the picture I have. You holding the space to be in the middle. It's tough holding that much space and not letting one side cave in. Hang in there. Think about the best blackberries - they're in the middle, high up!
darn, that picture didn't come out quite as I wanted it to. Here, I'll try again:
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That is a cool picture Lisa! Thanks so much.
Blackberries. Oh gosh they are ripening now and we will have to go and pick them all! But think of all the great pies!!
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