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Imenuff -> As This Year Comes to a Close!! (12/28/2007 12:18:56 PM)
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Often, I feel I have learned more from our sons than they could ever have learned from me. Here is an example.
As each year ends, one of our sons would write a letter to himself reflecting on the year just ending and on what his
"goals, desires, need for growth, etc.," were for the new year. He would then seal the envelope and open it at the end of the next
year. Right now I look forward to the 31st and opening my letter from last year. Each year, there is always surprise at how much of what I had written has been quietly taken care of by “living the questions,” and how some of it no longer carries any importance. Below are reflection questions for writing the letter.
"As I reflect on this year passing, it is a mixture of joyful or sorrowful episodes, episodes sometimes boring, others exciting or deeply moving.
Where did I experience Divine Love and Care in my life this year? Has the year left me with unresolved angers or resentments?
How can I enter this new year with a peaceful and clean heart? Where was the Divine in all the personal experiences, both "good" and "bad" which, unforced, leap into my memory? Did I recognize the Divine in them at the time? Can I work through them now in prayer/meditation? What healing, growth, forgiveness do I need from the Holy One during this coming new year? What mysteries in my life do I need the Divine to walk through with me?
Where do I need "to have patience with everything unresolved in my heart, to love the questions themselves as though
locked rooms or books written in a very foreign language. (Rilke)
When the letter is finished, seal it or tuck it away on your computer til December 31,2008 with a reminder set to take it out and read it.
In this coming year may we all experience the blessing of the Divine upon all creation and upon each of us.
NAMASTE TO ALL!
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