I have been silent for a while –
again. I have been grappling with some very deep and challenging
stuff – still.
I have been “stuck between the
impossible and the unthinkable”* and it has been trying hard to
render me speechless.
Clearly, sometimes succeeding.
The “unthinkable,” to paraphrase
David Roberts, is the future into which we are heading if we continue
on our current path – especially regarding “the brutal logic of
climate change”.
The “impossible” refers to what
appear to be insurmountable “forces that retard or prevent
(necessary) change.”
In other words, the ultimate rock and
hard place.
But when I ponder being between the
impossible and the unthinkable, what gives me a spark of meaning and
purpose, what makes me want to get up in the morning, is
the word
“between.”
I've been pondering this for some time
and I am finding that “between” is vast and it is timeless; it
conjures up soul and presence and healing and possibility. It implies
mystery and awe, and energy, and creation....
I have been pursuing for years the
question of how we are being called as human beings in this
planet-time. I think there are clues in the “between” if we can
free ourselves enough from the impossible and the unthinkable to
discern them.
A key, for me, is “essence.” What
is essentially mine to seek, to know, to give? What is uniquely mine
to live? What will empower me to not give up on life, on the future,
on the mystery, no matter what? “There may be no better time to
learn the inner story that our souls carry and find the ways we are
intended to be in this world of uncertainty.” **
The BeingChange mission is,
essentially, to bring together people who feel this call to discover
and live their soul story in service of the Great Turning. This year
I will be searching for more and better ways to make this mission a
reality. I invite you to join me in whatever way you can.
* From "Hope and Fellowship" by David Roberts
The following link takes you to the article and a Ted Talk by David called "Climate Change is Simple."
If the link doesn't work, email me and I'll send you a copy of the article.
** From "Fate and Destiny - The Two Agreements of the Soul" by Michael Meade (pg. 9)
Photo by George Hodan
