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"I seem to have run in a great circle,
and met myself again on the starting line."
Jeanette Winterson
There is an old expression: "The hurrier I go, the behinder I get!" It often times appears that the harder we try, the more entangled we become. When we endeavor to hide, the greater the shadows and the deeper the darkness.
Our lives are filled with patterns like a complicated quilt. We think situations are different, but only the color has changed. Block by block, our patterns expand across the quilt. Upon completing each one we think, "Ah, I have finally mastered this lesson." The truth, however, is the quilter is never complete.
Life is often symbolized by a spiral which we can determinedly scale or mindlessly slip down. With each attempt, understanding increases and we catch a glimpse of wisdom. Life should not be about running around in circle. We are challenged to create an upward and downward movement, developing a rhythm to align with our natural flow.
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