September 18, 2024 – A

If we leave right now,
we may get there 
before we die!

But.
There is no time to lose!

Seeing things as they are
will give you vertigo.
You will be throwing up forever.

Things as they are
is not as steady state of being!

Equanimity is absolute denial!

Sheldon B. Kopp said it first,
and best:

"Some things can be experienced,
but not understood,
and some things can be understood,
but not explained."

William Alexander Percy said it first,
and best:

"They cast their nets in Galilee,
Just off the hills of brown;
Such happy, simple fisherfolk,
Before the Lord came down,

Contented, peaceful fishermen,
Before they ever knew
The peace of God that filled their hearts
Brimful, and broke them too,

Young John, who trimmed the flapping sail,
Homeless in Patmos died.
Peter, who hauled the teeming net,
Head down was crucified,

The peace of God, it is no peace,
But strife closed in the sod.
Yet, let us pray for but one thing:
The marv’lous peace of God!"

If we get that,
what are we
going to do with it?

That is seeing things 
as they are!

Then, what?