Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Trusting

Omar Khayyam, The Rubaiyat:
"Why ponder thus the future to forsee,
and jade thy brain to vain perplexity?
Cast off thy care, leave Allah's plans to him -
He formed them all without consulting thee."

Some things that happen in our lives seem so big that there seems to be nothing else to do except to trust them to God.
In daily life, however, each moment can be lived in trust - or fear.

Our minds move into the future or look into the past - often switching with lightening speed. Trust involves another part of ourselves, our hearts, our whole selves. Trust encourages us to take each moment as it is. Something we name as bad or wrong may not hold that end. We don't know at the time. We don't have the sight or the wisdom to know.

Trust is another thing. Trust is faith lived, lived in each moment, in each day, in each relationship, in each event.

Free yourself! Notice the rapid movement of your mind and simply let it be. Instead, lead with your heart. Trust.
Warmly,
meb

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