Sunday, June 1, 2014

Follow..........................................

The disciple, the would-be initiate, approaches the master and says:  "Teach me."
     And the teacher replies:  "Come, follow me."
     Sometimes, the newcomer tries to insist:  "No, I mean tell me."
     And the adept can only smile a welcoming love that cannot be "told."
     More often, like the good and intelligent aspirant in Luke's gospel, the now-no-longer-neophyte turns sadly away.
     Spirituality is a reality that one approaches not be "learning," but by following.

-Kurtz and Ketcham,  The Spirituality of Imperfection:  Storytelling and the Search for Meaning

thanks doug

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