Be Really Whole

This year, I am reading the revised and updated version of Simple Abundance, written by Sarah Ban Breathnach. It is set up as a book of daily readings. Sometimes, I must admit, I read more than one, maybe 3 or 4, until I find a reading which says something that really satisfies my mind, heart, soul and/or spirit. Today I found myself reading until I got to the April 13 entry. There, Sarah quoted the Chinese sage Lao-Tzu, who said, “ Be really whole, and all things will come to you.” Sarah then comments that Lao-Tzu taught that the only way to be made whole is to yield.

The quote and the advice that yielding leads to wholeness really stopped me in my tracks. You know the feeling when you read something that feels right, but you don’t yet understand it? That’s where I find myself today!

I invite you to join me in the pondering if this quote appeals to you too. I am not yet sure how, for me, this quote links to coping with a pandemic, and doing my part, but I am sure that it does.

I pray that as we open the windows, listen to bird song, turn our faces to the sunshine, and engage with our hurting world today, that we will find ways to feel whole inside, and be of service and encouragement to others on the outside.

Love, Sue