Contemplation is an entirely different way of knowing reality that has power to move us beyond mere ideology and dualistic thinking … Believe me, it is major surgery, and we must practise it for years to begin to rewire our egocentric responses.*
Richard Rohr
This is how we grow: by being defeated by greater and greater things.**
Rainer Maria Rilke
And when understanding becomes more difficult
perhaps we might take heart–
It could be that we are moving
deeply through complexity.
The easier answer
may help us in the moment
but in the end may mislead
and impoverish us.
Humility moulds us slowly,
Strongly,
As we contemplate
the object, the idea, the person.
*Richard Rohr’s The Tears Of Things;
**James Clear’s 3-2-1 newsletter: How to find clarity, the value of being humbled, and the path to building resilience.
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