| Anne Williamson |
Reverence for what? This isn't a question I would have asked myself 20 years ago. Because the answer was obvious: God, of course. I was - in fact, everyone was - to revere the Lord. Next question please.
Anymore, the answer is not so obvious to me. It's complicated by a myriad of factors and questions of my own: Who or what is God? And, what does it mean to revere Him? Or, Her? Or, the One Beyond Being? To revere a Collective Consciousness or Energy? What if there is no God? What is the object of our reverence then? Is it necessarily superficial? Even all that different? Does God even desire our reverence?
I recently made the poor decision to tell my toddler about her best friend's upcoming birthday party. I thought it would be fun to look forward to it together. Wrong....
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