Discipline

I went to Devonshire Street meeting in Sydney last Sunday. What I noticed (again), is how hard I find the hour of worship on a Sunday morning. Quite often by then end, I'm nearly in the right space and could stay for longer, but it takes me a long time to get there. For me, being a Quaker is less about going to meeting on Sunday, and more about living in the light, every day, in all that I do and all that I am. It's important for me to worship with my community, but it's so much less valuable than it could be when I don't have my own spiritual discipline going on throughout each day, and the whole week.

I keep noticing this and know that I need to act on it. At the moment, that's almost as far as I can go before I get stucka nd am not quite sure what to do next.

But I know, and sometimes I remember, that when I try to hold on to everything really tightly, it doesn't work. As scary as it is, when I let go, things are taken out of my control and I don't have to worry so much about 'what next', because the 'what next' is given to me and it's easier for me to be able to see it and do it.

So, here's to discipline and letting go and living in the light always.