07/12/2026
"Everything created was once imagined." ~ William Blake
The more I speak to people, the more I realize that we are all struggling to find our purpose. The beauty in and of life can be radical. It is deep.
We go through the day-to-day - some mundane, some without purpose, some with vigor - only to all strive toward reaching the ultimate goals we have set for ourselves and all while staying within the ultimate boundary that gives our life urgency, that gives our life value: death.
While observing the different levels of how we each reach our goals, I find that more and more disagreements are oddly over those goals that may be truly the same of one another. We are just reaching our individual goals at a different pace from those whom we argue with.
It may be odd to see a person now doing what you once did. However, at one point that same person criticized you, mocked you, and now is inviting you to do what you once invited them to do. It was not in their time when it was in your time. Through this, an understanding of good or bad may have occurred. We move on with less of a connection.
When I read a few excerpts from "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell" by William Blake I see how revolutionary he was in his thinking. However, as I read, I truly feel that he did believe in God. As I try to understand a variety of thinking, I find myself reflecting on the paradoxes of faith and how extremely mysterious it is.
Although I am challenged often in a variety of sessions, please know that I, personally, continue to firmly believe in God as so stated in the Nicene Creed.*
Continued reading today after mass, led me down so many thoughts, and I just wanted to share them with you. Be challenged.
May your days always be challenged to put your mind to work. May your face always feel the warmth of the sun or the warmth of His hand. May you find love and acceptance exactly where you are.
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