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Virgin Monk Boy's avatar

You just baptized the temper tantrum. That’s holy work.

It’s always sneaky, isn’t it? We imagine spiritual growth will make us more “zen” about the crusty burger, not realizing it’s the crusty burger itself that’s our teacher. I love how this piece reminds us: sacredness doesn’t need the setting to be perfect—it needs the heart to be present.

Sometimes the divine shows up in veal meatballs and dirty jokes. Amen to that.

—Virgin Monk Boy approves this theology of unwanted moments.

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Cynthia Kimball's avatar

I truly love this mission statement and the Mirrabai Starr quote. Such good reminders for daily life. Those hidden jewels are likely on the path to wisdom. It reminds me of Benedict's rule for wisdom, written in more contemporary language by Joan Chitester, "The fourth degree of humility brings us to accept the difficulties imposed on us by others in life 'with patience and even temper and not grow weary or give up.' Sometimes in the spiritual life we have to stop running away from the things that aggravate us so we can see what it is that is being demanded of us, especially that which we are refusing to give." So we stop, listen, learn. The rewards are life-giving.

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