Jean Vanier founded L’Arche communities all over the world where people with
and without disabilities live together. Jean exquisitely describes how to hold
another in relationship. He demonstrates how to have lightly cupped hands as if
holding a tiny, fragile bird. Not too open so the bird tumbles out, and not
grasping so the bird suffocates. Lightly cupped hands support another while
allowing freedom for change and transformation. Lightly cupped hands even
allow another to fly away.
We are learning to hold those we love with lightly cupped hands! With lightly
cupped hands, we are enabled to welcome those we love as they face the issues
of their lives and arrive at their answers only providing a safe place to share
the depths of their spiritual lives and honouring the decisions they make. By
providing sacred space and a compassionate listening presence, we offer room
for our companions to attend to God’s ever-present invitation to develop
inwardly, make choices that have eternal significance and offer service to our
world.
The copy of the first blog post above, which I wrote on 30 June 2012,
when Anna created the blog site for me, brings many happy memories
of blogging for 13 years!
It has evolved to be a daily exercise of having a conversation with
myself!
Shortly the number of blog posts would cross 5000.
I took time to read through some of them to recollect the journey path I
covered during this period of 13 years. I feel grateful for the journey of
Life, Living and Learning I experienced during these years.
Now, I have a sense of deepening the inner journey and becoming
more familiar with the the strands that weave the inner life!
I proceed on this inner journey with an openness to discover the truth
that resides within, with a desire to be authentic and be generous
towards others!
I am drawn by a desire to be present to God who is present in the
biography of my life! I feel grateful that I was blessed with the
companionship of Anna in this journey of life!
M.C.Mathew(text and photo)
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