Begin again
You and I are unstable.
I’m not calling us out. I’m just pointing out the obvious. That we’re always in flux, always moving. We’re not statues, nothing about us is fixed.
Which means? We can keep working, and watch things improve. Or we can step away, and watch them fall apart. It’s one or the other.
What we can’t do is stop, and think things will stay as they are.
If I stop repairing my house, eventually the roof will leak. Then other problems will start. With enough time and neglect, the house will fall in on itself.
If I take a break from my diet, it won’t be long before I start gaining back all of the weight I worked so hard to lose. With enough time, you’ll never know I dieted.
Either things are getting better or they’re falling apart. It’s one or the other.
There is no neutral option. And it’s true for every part of our lives.
It’s why Jesus says, “whoever does not gather with me scatters.”
If you aren’t gathering yourself to God, you’re scattering. Even if you don’t mean to.
If you don’t take the time to draw close to God, you’ll find yourself moving away from God.
There is no neutral option in life.
And nothing carries forward from yesterday.
No matter how bad yesterday was. No matter how good yesterday was. None of it carries forward into today.
St. Francis de Sales knew this well. It’s why he said, “there is no better means to attainment of the spiritual life than by continually beginning again and never thinking that we have done enough.”
Which is why the business of each day must be to choose God. And to draw close to Him.
Anything else, and you’re just scattering.
Today’s Readings
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April's dawn finds me alone, you're a memory I can't hold.
The city wakes, but my world is a battlefield.
All my defenses lie in ruins.
This storm within is tearing me apart.
I must find solace or wander this wasteland forever.
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It takes ten times longer to put yourself together than it does to fall apart
Finnick Odair Mockingjay
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#pugglewumper Tashari got me some ink pens! I've been experimenting with them.
Fall Apart [Explained]
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You can try and push eachother away, we can try and deny what we feel but when two hearts have connected and two souls have been reminded of love there is simply no way to fate can keep us apart.
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For so long I have prided myself on not needing, others, loving people from a safe distance, through brief visits and playful care packages and entertaining emails. But beneath that pride, that fierce determination to be independent, is the deepest need for someone to grab me by the elbow and haul me into their arms and let me fall apart until I can put myself back together.
Chloe Liese, Better Hate Than Never
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I'm watching the world Fall Apart around me, fall into a darker place than it has ever been.
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