“Do you think that I have come
to bring peace to the earth?
No, I tell you, but rather division!”
—Luke 12.51
This is not the division of enmity
but of standing up for what you know
even if others will think ill of you,
even those you love.
When you are faithful to who you are,
what you truly think and feel,
it may displease some,
who want you to conform, or at least pretend.
We do it all the time.
We go along to get along.
Sometimes “just be yourself”
is an invitation to profound loneliness.
The Beloved knows.
Take courage to stand apart
and let others navigate their own anxiety.
You’re not alone.
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Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Unfolding Light
www.unfoldinglight.net
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