How like stained glass are we. Honesty enables us to discover the images of life that shape us, the images that scratch and stain us with experience. But these are nothing without the sincerity of heart that will fill them and us with color. And then, if we are to come alive at all, we must place ourselves in the light. We all know how sudden and brilliant a stained glass window can be: dirty and opaque one moment and breathtaking as soon as the sun floods it and we can see it from the inside. We are the same: sacred windows in the making. So to place ourselves in the light and to see each other from the inside are the most important skills we can learn.
FROM: The BOOK OF AWAKENING Having The Life You Want By Being Present To The Life You Have by Mark Nepo
REFLECTION:
- You are a sacred window in the making.
- Is there some truth telling/ sincerity of your heart that can let more light in?
- How can you see others from the inside letting in more of the light?
- How can you see yourself more in the light – to be more fully alive?