Tuesday 26 January 2016

The Moral Adventure

Image result for images of change in lifeChange can come slamming through your life, ripping and tearing and leaving gaping holes that can take years to mend. It can also penetrate slowly like a hypodermic needle, sharp, deep and filled with a medicine that can cause extreme discomfort before it delivers a healing relief. The moment may be forced on us by a doctor's words or be delivered in bits and pieces, as a broken relationship dissolves - lost, damaged, ended. Choosing to fight through it can mean the beginning of a moral adventure - one that will take you closer to your authentic self, grow you, and change you from the inside out.

I wrote in a previous blog called Square 2:  When we do face our weakness - our signature sin as referenced by David Brooks or a physical weakness that threatens to destroy us - we can wrestle with it, suffer from it, and by so doing, develop the depth of character that would be eulogy-worthy.

I am setting out on this next leg of my journey with a different mindset. Maybe it is a more honest quest than just wishin' and hopin' and dreamin' ." Digging deep! Getting dirty! Writing the next chapter full of exclamation marks!

Hello. My name is Eileen and I am a(n).............!


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