Prodigal Kiwi(s) Blog: Inviting Silence in response to discontent and beneath it longing

Monday, 11 October 2010

Inviting Silence in response to discontent and beneath it longing

“Throughout the years I have found that beneath whatever we might think our discontent is, we very much need three things: an awareness of our inner longing… the courage to act on behalf of that longing… and a sense of community to support and maintain our interior journey… longing and discontent [are a] wakeup call, and invitation to begin to begin…”

Gunilla Norris. From Inviting Silence: How to Find Inner Stillness and Calm, p. 2.

Oct 11, 2010 7:17:58 AM | Christian Spirituality, Spirituality, The Human Journey

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Paul, I simply want to say thank you for reading, researching, sharing and writing. Your blog gives me so much - far too many ideas of new books to buy and read! but also in an odd way it offers me some kind of tranquility - the tranquility of thinking and reflecting and letting be ...

Thank you - very often when I come here it is a blessing to me - today I thought I should let you know that.

Merci!

Posted by: jane | Tuesday, 12 October 2010 at 09:30 AM

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