The Wilderness
I have come to realize that The Wilderness is a familiar place for me. As I look around out here, I realize how comfortable and easy it is to maneuver. It’s so easy to move from place to place and to hop from boulder to boulder. What had earlier seemed like barriers have become launching pads. The emptiness that seemed so lonely has now become a familiar place of peace.
The Wilderness beckons. The Wilderness frees. I like it here. I look forward to being here. The Wilderness is always available, day and night.
There are no confusing or disruptive tangles, vegetation, and undergrowth to trip me. There are no low-hanging tree branches to hit me in the face. There are no vines, bushes, and trees to prevent the sun with its light and warmth from caressing me.
The barrenness that seemed so stark, so scary now becomes an opportunity to see for miles into and outside of myself. The open, unobstructed views are now so welcoming, so familiar, so wonderful. Unhampered views do not distort. Rather, they create self-awareness, interpersonal relationship awareness, and awareness of relationship with God. The transpersonal becomes understandable.
The Wilderness helps me realize that, at times, I’d be out here and I’d not even be aware that it was The Wilderness. As I now open my senses and encounter this place, see it, hear it, smell it, feel it, know it, I realize the familiarity. I come here often!
This once frightening place I now see differently. Here, I used to be disoriented and distracted. I didn’t know where I was. Now I am getting to know this place quite well.
The Wilderness is a resting place. The Wilderness is a place away. The Wilderness is a secret, hiding place that no one knows exists but me. Matter of fact, The Wilderness is a place that only now I’m getting to know.
I am The Wilderness. The Wilderness is me.
Come, let us go to the wilderness all alone and rest awhile. . .
The Gospel of Saint Mark, chapter 6, verse 31
I have come to realize that The Wilderness is a familiar place for me. As I look around out here, I realize how comfortable and easy it is to maneuver. It’s so easy to move from place to place and to hop from boulder to boulder. What had earlier seemed like barriers have become launching pads. The emptiness that seemed so lonely has now become a familiar place of peace.
The Wilderness beckons. The Wilderness frees. I like it here. I look forward to being here. The Wilderness is always available, day and night.
There are no confusing or disruptive tangles, vegetation, and undergrowth to trip me. There are no low-hanging tree branches to hit me in the face. There are no vines, bushes, and trees to prevent the sun with its light and warmth from caressing me.
The barrenness that seemed so stark, so scary now becomes an opportunity to see for miles into and outside of myself. The open, unobstructed views are now so welcoming, so familiar, so wonderful. Unhampered views do not distort. Rather, they create self-awareness, interpersonal relationship awareness, and awareness of relationship with God. The transpersonal becomes understandable.
The Wilderness helps me realize that, at times, I’d be out here and I’d not even be aware that it was The Wilderness. As I now open my senses and encounter this place, see it, hear it, smell it, feel it, know it, I realize the familiarity. I come here often!
This once frightening place I now see differently. Here, I used to be disoriented and distracted. I didn’t know where I was. Now I am getting to know this place quite well.
The Wilderness is a resting place. The Wilderness is a place away. The Wilderness is a secret, hiding place that no one knows exists but me. Matter of fact, The Wilderness is a place that only now I’m getting to know.
I am The Wilderness. The Wilderness is me.
Come, let us go to the wilderness all alone and rest awhile. . .
The Gospel of Saint Mark, chapter 6, verse 31
