Sometimes I wonder if the issue isn't so much that there was only one Gandhi (although there was, that man in that time and place, and we are all totally unique, even while we're all quite the same).
Sometimes I think that the point is that we are all potentially Gandhi. And that's just a tiny bit more terrifying.
Oh, sure, I mean, we wouldn't all be doing things like leading entire countries to independence. But we would be putting ourselves on the line as much. Leaving our lives behind as much. Walking out in the future and what God calls to.
Because maybe we all have the potential.
'Cause maybe the potential doesn't lie within us so much as it lies in being envisioned and inspired by the One.
But that's all a bit scary so I'm going to bed now.
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i was just thinking of maslow's self-actualization: a beautified sue and a beautified rob, etc. that is what i presently envision.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds amazing to me, Rob :) I can't begin to imagine a beautified Rob. That just seems beyond comprehension.
ReplyDeleteMe? I'm almost there, myself.
Hehe (coughs on own sarcasm)
too funny! thanks for the sunday laugh. and to think, i could have gone to a religious gathering this morning. :)
ReplyDeleteRob - but why would you do that? *scratches head* ;)
ReplyDeleteYou know I’ve been ‘distracted’ by tennis and am ‘way far behind’ on blog visits (heck I had over 900 unread posts in Google Reader this morning and have winnowed that to 513 as I type this 15 of which are yours my prolific friend) … but I had to stop here briefly … because your thought ‘mirrors’ my Sacred Life Sunday post this morning …(or vice versa since yours was posted first even though I’ve only just found it now). This thought is both terrifying and wonderful … ‘potential inspired by the One’ … Amen! I hope you slept well ;--)
ReplyDeleteHappy Easter to you and yours!
Hugs and blessings,
You know I’ve been ‘distracted’ by tennis and am ‘way far behind’ on blog visits (heck I had over 900 unread posts in Google Reader this morning and have winnowed that to 513 as I type this 15 of which are yours my prolific friend) … but I had to stop here briefly … because your thought ‘mirrors’ my Sacred Life Sunday post this morning …(or vice versa since yours was posted first even though I’ve only just found it now). This thought is both terrifying and wonderful … ‘potential inspired by the One’ … Amen! I hope you slept well ;--)
ReplyDeleteHappy Easter to you and yours!
Hugs and blessings,