A brief and thoughtful article - Are You The Author of Your Life’s Story? –written by Thomas Moore.
It’s from the Jan-Feb 2013 issue of Spirituality
and Health.
Excerpt:
“…The word author comes from the Latin for “increasing” or “growing.” An author creates something new. In the best of worlds we are each the author of our own lives. But it often feels as though someone in a position of authority is taking over the task and writing our story for us.
And yet each of us has the challenge and the opportunity to create a new way of being human. We grow ourselves. Along the way, we may listen closely to someone we respect and admire and give that person a key role in our creative process. We share our precious authority. We hope they will help us author our lives—but only as long as we ask them to…”
You can read the complete reflection here. Clearly too there’s and important, indeed a critical need, from a Christian perspective, for the work of “authoring” to include opening (ongoing...) to the deep and transformative work of the Spirit. There’s the importance too of community, of friendship etc. This isn’t just “our” work as individuals.
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