When you are invited to a banquet,
do not sit at the place of honor,
but go and sit down at the lowest place.
—Luke 14.8, 10
In the banquet of life
I seek a place of entitlement,
but the Teacher says, “No,
everything is a gift, beyond your deserving.”
I seek honor among others,
but the Savior says, “No,
do not trade your Belovedness
for anyone’s opinion.”
I seek mastery, the feeling
that I have gotten somewhere,
but the sage says, “No,
begin again. Always a beginner.”
In gratitude, humility and wisdom
is the highest honor.
Either you have it
or you want others to think you do.
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Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Unfolding Light
www.unfoldinglight.net