The Journey continues

It was shocking to see that my last posting here was in September. How time flies when on unmapped journeys.

This past Thursday provided a startling juncture that will guide or illuminate my path for years to come. In Quest, a men's church group class, the instructor stated that of the many hurts to be healed in our lives, the greatest is our disconnection from God. He went on to explain how we are born disassociated from God and that our life's journey exists to allow us to return to Him (reminded me of the Catholic version of Original Sin). More news: scriptures reveal time and again how our best intentions to do right are mitigated by our hearts' predisposition to evil; we have the potential for good and evil, and we are born in a trajectory away from heaven, not to it; and, a lot of our current social dilemmas are based on our sense of self-importance. The latter was revealed by statistics that show that about 20% of men and women felt they were important and offered something special to the world in the 1940s and now that number hovers close to 70%. In our world of no losers in school, points for trying, and feel good churches, we have created a society that has lost its respect for others' value, integrity, respect and importance because, after all, "I am important."

There were more lessons, too many to address here. But the foundation of the instructor's teaching was profound, but not new. The stories of hubris in ancient times appeared even more relevant after the Thursday morning class. Blessed are the humble...wherever you are.