on accepting truth
>> Thursday, September 16, 2010
Pema writes that "the truth sinks in like rain into a very hard earth." Perhaps Pema was not a hydrologist. When the earth is very hard, rain doesn't sink in; it runs off.
I think sometimes this is how it goes with accepting truth when our hearts are hardened. Maybe a little sprinkle will find a crack to seep into. But a downpour of truth when we aren't ready to take it in?
Flash flood.
12 comments:
Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous. And true, true true. xo
so true! I can run and run and run and make a muddy mess if it's not ready to be heard.
So insightful, so incredibly true. Little, intermittent showers of truth help soften up that hardened ground...
Very nice. Everything okay? Hope you're hanging in there.
Rachel V
Its kind of like I always say...it's not what you say but how you say it. This made me think of that. Because truth and honesty and transparency has topped my thoughts these days. I've been pushing away the flood and waiting for the sprinkle. Patiently. And I still haven't found my way through the cracks. Xo
i love what sarah said.
and what you said.
b/cs i? couldn't have said it any better. :)
there is a deepness here. maybe a little pat of mud for penetrating?
too true, too true. We all need to remember this.
it's just a great lot to handle, unless you're in a position to handle it, you know? truth and clarity and LIFE. too bad we can't force that ground to soften up. it takes time and the tread of experience.
Yes! This reminds me of this short story I just read with my students called "The Truth is Like the Sun".
You've conveyed such truth and beauty in an eloquent, concise morsel. Thank you.
I had to come back to this. again.
love it . thank you Elizabeth.
I couldn't have said it better myself.
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