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One Saturday Morning

Posted on March 28, 2020March 29, 2020 by Michael Rose

“Teacher, surely we are to be like the chunks of ice floating effortlessly with the current of the river.”

The teacher smiled and said “ Indeed, and yet against the current the fish swims, the geese paddle and the river plant holds fast. Such is a life lived whole.”

[a story from prayer and a reflection on the spiritual life]

Picture is from my prayer perch above the Oldman River, Taber, Alberta Canada.

 

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