Write, he said.
really.
okay then

"Our ancestors acknowledged doubt while practicing faith, he says; we moderns are drawn to faith while practicing doubt."
-Adam Gopnik, heard on On Being with Krista Tippett

we aspire to consume it seems
as prescribed by media/advertising to do so it seems
less or no consumption = failure/doubt?

why

are the lessons to be learned in this plane so simplistic and shallow?
it seems anyway

Blessing in the Chaos

To all that is chaotic
in you,
let there come silence.

Let there be
a calming
of the clamoring,
a stilling
of the voices that
have laid their claim
on you,
that have made their
home in you,

that go with you
even to the
holy places
but will not
let you rest,
will not let you
hear your life
with wholeness
or feel the grace
that fashioned you.

Let what distracts you
cease.
Let what divides you
cease.
Let there come an end
to what diminishes
and demeans,
and let depart
all that keeps you
in its cage.

Let there be
an opening
into the quiet
that lies beneath
the chaos,
where you find
the peace
you did not think
possible
and see what shimmers
within the storm.

— Jan Richardson

Amazing how we each perceive reality