Friday, April 1, 2005
news of the dying pope
32 I run in the path of your commands,
for you have set my heart free.
After allowing this verse to linger all day on my tongue it has left a taste rather like sweet tea. (Pleasant enough but lacking still.) These words capture so much of who I am and tell a tale that most can relate to: the freedom of love is refined by rules. Rules can and do set me free.
It is human to always seek freedom in our heart of hearts and it is this very seeking that propels us into tomorrow. As a child I probably struck others as wimsical and fancy free but in reality I was very dark. Now mind you I could pretend with the best of them but there was always that small nagging internal voice that whispered: You are not enough. You won't be able to.....don't try.
Each time I wiped off the dust and got back on my feet to try again but it is in youth that we learn to fail.
We learn what it means to not be picked first and to not play at all.
I run in the path of your commands....
This gives vision to gleefullness and carefree joy, doesn't it? For me, running is always a great moment. It is a peak of achivement and not only the place I am going to but also the places I have been.
Other than running my heart longs to dance.
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ReplyDeleteSuch freedom to just be...hugs, gloria
Comment from gbgoglo - 4/9/05 5:39 AM
"I run in the path of your commands" is a gorgeous metaphor. To me it sounds like something that is effortless and joyful.
Comment from theresarrt7 - 4/6/05 7:52 PM
beautifully stated...
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Comment from cneinhorn - 4/6/05 8:10 AM
On those days when my heart dances, I think, Yes this is how it feels I will remember this and never allow the dark to overtake me again. That doesn't happen of course the tides go in and out. But little by little we learn to enjoy the repose of the dark.
Thanks for putting it so well in this entry.
KAthy
Comment from gypsytrader49 - 4/4/05 8:47 PM
in reality I was very dark
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Yes, I hear you. And so was/am I. Beautiful entry.
Comment from theresarrt7 - 4/3/05 11:52 PM
How true this is. Where does one learn to succeed? I don't think I've figured that out yet. Lisa :-]
Comment from lisaram1955 - 4/2/05 7:00 PM
I keep telling myself that if I can't dance on earth I KNOW I will dance in Heaven. xox
Comment from valphish - 4/2/05 7:33 AM
I remember when my heart was set free and it still longs to dance. I hope some day you will have your heart's desire and dance. That's freedom! Hugs, gloria
Comment from gbgoglo - 4/1/05 10:34 PM
Ahh Christina my love,
ReplyDeleteI too have ran, and skiied cross-country and know that physically those days like my childhood are over.
Now I look forward to those that have gone before me in doing what I now face. I find it interesting that to support me God has helped me find the perfect running mates ... those people like yourself who think, and dream, and feel and love.
Without the use of my better back ... now I run through mind's effort. I think, where do I want to go today.
I think ... life is good ... like Folgers brand coffee ... good to the very last drop!
Love you woman! Hang in there! I know old post, but today you breath and we breath fresh life into thoughts of old, now new and ever becoming!
Faithfully yours,
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