Walking the Passage: In the way of an introduction

Friday, September 4, 2009

In the way of an introduction

As I think upon the steps that I have walked I realize that to write in my voice alone wouldn't bring forth the purposes for which I share. Walking up to the line where this story unfolds holds for me a milestone in and of itself.

A crossroads perhaps.

In the past lives a girl and a woman who lived as a shadow, not comprehending the depth or reality of life possible. Peering into the future I see a peace and a joy once thought unobtainable.

So here I stand.

I am in the middle. Traveling forward......

The desire that fills my soul is to be a voice. One that cries out into the darkness that there is a light. That no matter what the darkness has done it does not have to be the last word.

There is a place in me that is now able to bring forth the most accurate of stories. A calm that empowers me to see the roads I have traveled and the people I have walked next to..........

There are many voices. The words of those that both knew me and know me echo in my head. There are those that we journey with for brief moments in the scope of a lifetime and then there are those that are alongside and walk hand and hand. I have tried to capture their voices in the most honest of ways.

There are many who walk in the driest of places. I want to be as a watering can to you. May these words sprinkle over you and soak into you and bring forth streams of rushing living waters.

There are those who will relate more to the voices of the others than to mine. You who journey next to or along side... may these words light up your path and give you hope that even the faintest of shadows can grow into something more........................

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One of my Favorite Narnian Quotes...

“One word, Ma’am,” he said, coming back from the fire; limping because of the pain. “One word. All you’ve been saying is quite right, I shouldn’t wonder. I’m a chap who always liked to know the worst and then put the best face I can on it. So I won’t deny any of what you said, even so. Suppose we have only dreamed, or made up, all those things – trees and grass and sun and moon and stars and Aslan himself. Suppose we have. Then all I can say is that, in that case, the made-up things seem a good deal more important than the real ones. Suppose this black pit of a kingdom of yours is the only world. Well, it strikes me as a pretty poor one. And that’s a funny thing, when you come to think of it. We’re just babies making up a game, if you’re right. But four babies playing a game can make a play-world that makes you real world hollow. That’s why I’m going to stand by the play-world. I’m on Aslan’s side even if there isn’t any Narnia. So, thanking you kindly for our supper, if these two gentlemen and the young lady are ready, we’re leaving your court at once and setting out in the dark to spend our lives looking for the Overland.

A Brilliant Quote from Marianne Williamson

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate,

but that we are powerful beyond measure.

It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.

We ask ourselves, "Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?"

Actually, who are you not to be?

You are a child of God.

Your playing small does not serve the world.

There is nothing enlightening about shrinking

so that others won't feel unsure around you.

We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.

It is not just in some of us; it is in every one.

As we let our light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.