Forward and Backward

[Birth & Babies – VII]

Life goes on.
The hands on the clock continue to click.
Culture keeps moving and evolving.
The currents around us flow in one direction.
Everything rolls, turns, pushes, and drives forward.
The show must go on.

Except the spiritual life.

The spiritual life is always a journey backwards, it seems.
Back to our roots.
Back to understanding what makes us who we are.
Back to deeper insights.
Back to being full of life.
Back to childlikeness, youthfulness, playfulness.
Back to innocence.
Back, ultimately, to being reborn.

How do we wed those two worlds?
Work and worship.
Life and longing.
Culture and deep curiosity.
The cold world and the warmth of wonder.

To ask is the first step in the journey toward lasting solutions.