Wednesday Week 7

"The pursuit of self is what most of us have been doing for much of our lives, even our spiritual lives. But the self is a cul-de-sac, and eventually we end up where we started. Footsore and just as frustrated, just as unfulfilled. Feeling we're a failure, or worse, a fraud.

"The pursuit of soul, if soul is all we're pursuing, is not much different. It's a longer walk down a nicer street, but the street is still a cul-de-sac, and in the end, regardless how invigorating the walk, it doesn't lead beyond the neighborhood of who we are.

"Most of us, though, have grown a little tired of the neighborhood and all the back-and-forth trips we have taken there. We long for something more than a routine walk around the religious block.

"We long for the companionship of God."

Ken Gire - Windows of the Soul