It’s a critical time…lol, like so many other times…funny how life can sometimes place you at an intersection of choices, and after having seemingly propelled you through so many others before now leaves you to make your own direct (and always essential) decision – all on your own. I guess this our lot in life if we are to truly own it…to have mastery over it, and ultimately to rejoice in it. Of course the alternative is also true…the darker side of this intersection…some choices may result is frustration and agony…and perhaps even worse. So ensues the pause at these important moments…the conscious struggles of the human psyche and the more clandestine operations of our sub-conscious mind…trying to find the courage to step forward and through this point in time, or even to turn and step back from a potential abyss. There is no easy answer of course, and this is why we are stopped here…even the self-evident one staring back at me…and despite the obviousness of what must be done I pause long enough to reflect and assess, if only to reassure myself that the cause is true and bold and beautiful. And in a final act of all releasing all contrition, look behind me…and then free of this weight…step bravely forward.
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Lawrence Lewis
“There is a sacredness in tears. They are the messengers of unspeakable love.”
– Washington Irving
About Lawrence Lewis
I do a number of things professionally...but most of all and the true purpose of what I do through "my work" is to provide for my family, be a good husband and great father, and try to make a difference as a world citizen...I guess it's not much more complicated than that 🙂
Good Morning Lawrence: I had forgotten how much I enjoyed reading your materials….As i read through this i thought about activities of the last few weeks in which young people tested beyond their limits found it harder and harder to make decisions that moved away from a ‘darkness’ that was dangerous. We are all tested in this way….even the most highly trained as i was fortunate enough to hear her speaking to the family. She talked about trust while being tested even physically and once arriving to help out, those challenges dissipated. I so enjoyed your article…as always Bill