New Age Spirituality Morning Has Been All Night Coming ( Part 35 )
How quickly we forget the moments of our glory, the joy of our being. How easy it is to become entrapped in the newsreel of life. How natural it seems to react with anger,impatience, hurt and frustration when situations seem beyond our control. This is precisely when we need to realize that we are in the midst of a drama whose script we have written. We are the actor, the director, the play-wright, the very play itself. The reasons for our doing this are highly personal and buried deep within us. Even we do not understand why we sometimes test ourselves so sorely.
Once, when I was going through an extremely difficult time, a friend said to me, Its only a test, John. It will pass.
Only a test? I had shouted in anger. Only a test? Im tired of being tested! I dont want any more tests!
Its necessary to understand that I was not,at the super-market, faced with problems of major import. There were no life-threatening decisions to be made. This was nothing more than an irritating situation arising out of a number of minor problems. Yet, by my demeanor, one would have guessed that my entire...