"No one changes the world or makes an impact by isolating themselves behind socially acceptable apathy and fear of risk ... Saving lives, or marriages, or communities is not about using the correct 'procedure' ... it's about really truly putting your essence into what you do. It's about love - in the greatest sense of the word."
-- Penny 2005

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Meditations on Marriage - Courage

"It takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure,
to embrace the new. But there is no real security in what is no longer
meaningful. There is more security in the adventurous and exciting, for
in movement there is life, and in change there is power." -- Alan Cohen

What, in my relationship, am I holding onto pretending it affords me
security? Where do I refuse to take a risk -- a risk that could be the
first move toward healing, laughter, joy, and love? Where am I grasping
when I could be reaching out with an open hand?

Today, let me be courageous in releasing those things that no longer
serve me or my marriage. Let me, instead, release my illusion of
security that I can be open to learning, growth, and transformation.

In love,

P

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