A walk

I went for a walk today. I decided to walk the labyrinth, "a model of the path of my journey" The church has walked the labyrinth for many, many years with the idea of refocusing our lives. Coming back to th realization that our life is a journey, adn our goal is to arrive to the center, the essence of all, Christ.

"The labyrinth is a model we can walk -- a metaphor for a life's journey. But it is not a maze. A maze is a puzzle with twists, turns, and blind alleys...A labyrinth is unicursal - only one path. there are no blind alleys."

That is our spiritual life - an already set path that we simply have to follow. We feel as it we were in a maze because we cannot see far along enough to know were the next 20 steps take us. We can only see and be sure of where our next step is going to follow.
Many times I felt i was so close to reach the target. Man, was I wrong! A slight turn and I was in a completely different way. The target seem farther and farther away.

And the time came when I reached home. I walked around it, and I was comfortable. I did not want to leave. I did not want to leave the one who had so subtledly plan my every step. I realized His work, and I felt loved. But he sent me away, adn off i went to retrace my steps. This time it felt quicker. Not because I knew where I was going. But because I knew I didn't have to worry. He's traced my every step already.


" Your life is a sacred journey. And it is about change, growth, discovery, movement, transformation, continously expanding your vision of what is possible, streching your soul, learning to see clearly and deeply...And from here, you can only go foward, shaping your life story into a magnificent tale of triumph, of healing, of courage, of beauty, of wisdom, of power, of dignity, and of love."
Caroline Adams