Wisdom From One of My Favorite Mystics on Crossing THRESHOLDS by John ODonohue
Wisdom for those Going through Change, or Feeling a Change is Needed
Thresholds by John ODonohue
Thresholds
Change arrives in nature when time has ripened. There are no jagged transitions or crude discontinuities. This accounts for the sureness with which one season succeeds another. It is as though they were moving forward in a rhythm set from within a continuum.
To change is one of the great dreams of every heart – to change the limitations, the sameness, the banality or the pain. So often we look back on patterns of behavior, the kind of decision we make repeatedly and that have failed to serve us well, and we aim for a new and more successful way of living.
So often we opt to continue the old pattern, rather than risking the danger of difference.
We are also often surprised by change that seems to arrive out of nowhere. We find ourselves crossing some new threshold we had never anticipated.
Like spring secretly at work with the heart of winter, below the surface of our lives huge changes are in fermentation. We never suspect a thing. Then when the grip of some long-enduring winter mentality begins to loosen…
We find ourselves vulnerable to a flourish of possibility and we are suddenly negotiating the challenge of a threshold.
At any time you can ask yourself:
1.At which threshold am I now standing?
2.What am I leaving?
3.What is preventing me from crossing my next threshold?
4.What gift would enable me to do it?
A threshold is not a simple boundary; it is a frontier that divides two different territories, rhythms and atmospheres.
It is wise in your own life to be able to recognize and acknowledge the key thresholds;
To take your time to feel all the varieties of presence that accrue there;
To listen inward with complete attention until you hear the inner voice calling you forward.”
** Words from John O’Donohue
To learn and receive more of John’s work visit his website below. Love love his book Anam Cara and Eternal Echoes.
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To receive some courage and clarity during a threshold crossing, tune into Feminine Power Time with Christine Arylo – here’s a good episode to start with:
FOLLOW YOUR HEART, NO MATTER WHAT: STEPPING INTO THE CHANGE WITH COURAGE – click here.