Notice the order – from solitude to community to ministry.*
Henri Nouwen
Our sense of self is not a discrete thing, it turns out. It is perhaps better thought of as a story. It is a story of who we are, what we are like and where we are going, and as such it grows out of our history, our relationships with others and our goals for the future.**
John Higgs
When in our flow, our bliss,
Our sense of self is lost to us,
And when we give ourselves to
nothing,
We reappear in
the past, present, and future of our stories;
Whilst we may rehearse these when we are
with others, it is only when I am alone that my pondering
is deepest.
Where do you disappear and why do you return?
*Henri Nouwen’s Spiritual Direction;
**John Higgs’ William Blake vs The World.
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