A Pathworker’s Blog

Only by saying “YES!” to this can I begin to say “NO!” to things that take me away from what so enriches my life and so enables me to enrich the lives of others.

I am beginning to feel the invitation to freedom – freedom to do what I like to do for no other reason than I like to do it!

“Do you allow yourself to feel the joy that is present in your coffee time with Pat rather than finding joy only in efforting?” I confessed this was hard for me! I am so caught up in efforting!

Pat: I feel like I’m swimming in the Mystery and Magic of Life. I’ll swim in that! Gary: And I am feeling such nervousness and anxiety swimming in the Mystery of Life! So much unknown.

I want to explore my resistance to Jesus Christ and my seemingly persistent negative intentionality to stay separate from Jesus Christ. … I feel I am in perpetual overwhelm in so much in my life. … I do not experience much Deep Joy and Pleasure in my life

I want to return and face my intense resistance to Jesus Christ. For what ever reason, this morning this issue is up for me. My resistance to Jesus Christ is very perplexing and disturbing to me.

There is something inspiring, energizing, playful, and engaging in this process of thinking. I, whoever I is, take delight in these engagements with others via reading, listening, or entering into dialog.

But affection has not been our default mode to date, we are not yet at ease in our showing of affection to one another.

Our relationship is what I longed for but could not describe or even envision forty years ago.

Ah! A feeling word – alarmed. As we roll back to then, what was up in your feeling alarmed?