by Tom Hook
April 11, 2021
When I first began to review this topic from Soul Matters of “Becoming”, I must admit that I was a bit perplexed and challenged. After all, most of us present here today – including myself – would be categorized in the camp of “aging out”.
So what else do we need to Become? After all, we have weathered so much in our brief stay on Mother Earth. Wars, unrest, pandemics, the re?emergence of racism. Can’t we just rest? Put our feet up and relax for the rest of the journey?
Sometimes. There certainly is a place for that. However, let me suggest that we ponder the “Story” of our life to this point and ? with courage ? the “Story” of our future.
Pádraig Ó Tuama in his poem Narrative Theology #1 writes: And I said to him
Are there answers to all of this?
And he said
The answer is in a story
and the story is being told.
And I said
But there is so much pain
And she answered, plainly,
Pain will happen.
Then I said
Will I ever find meaning?
And they said
You will find meaning
Where you give meaning.
The answer is in the story
And the story isn’t finished.
“You will find meaning where you give meaning. The answer is in the story and the story isn’t finished.”
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