Prepare To Be Surprised...
One of my favorite authors, Henri Nouwen, once beautifully wrote: "We must learn to live each day, each hour, each minute as a new beginning, as a unique opportunity to make everything new. Imagine that we could live each moment as a moment pregnant with new life. Imagine that we could live each day as a day full of promises. Imagine that we could walk... always listening to a Voice saying to us, 'I have a gift for you and can't wait for you to see it!'" I've been contemplating a lot lately about the element of surprise in our healing journey. So many try to pain this picture that healing will be predictable, routine, a constant upward climb until we reach the place we have expected to be but what I've discovered along the way is this couldn't be further from the truth. Anybody who has tried to work their way toward a life of greater peace and wholeness knows that it often has involved unexpected twists and turns you didn't see coming. There are ...
