Reflections upon one of Sr. Claire Joy’s Lenten meditations have been bouncing around inside my head for the last week. She simply suggests that a simple act now is an investment in the future and I am simply stunned!
I first read Thoreau at age sixteen and thought then that simplifying my life sounded like a good idea. That was forty-two years ago. Evidently I think simplifying is something I’ll get to after all the complicated stuff is finished. Then I’ll have the time.
But now I realize that simply letting go of a tangled thought, with its attendant complicating emotions leading to inevitable and inexplicable behaviors, starts a little chain reaction of letting go. More and more letting go opens up a space inside where things like serenity, kindness and gratitude arise.
Each hour lived out in a peaceful manner gives way to another one just like it–like proceeds from like. Letting go is fairly simple, not easy perhaps, but surely worth the investment.
Thanks Sr. Claire Joy.
