I am preparing for a course this term (Spring term) called Indigenous Theologies. I was given two text that need to be read prior to the May 11 start. I am in an interesting place in my life as I read these text. I wonder how everything seems to be sychronistic (not syncretic a new word I learned). I am forever aware.
I have changed, for the better, changed for good, I hope in the past few years. With eight years of sobriety I can now visit the old places where I used to live and see if I can make them right. I am blending the beliefs of my old religiousness, gathering them and then asking how can I make something new. That is syncretism. The blending of beliefs. Ahhhhh what a beautiful opportunity.
My friend asked me today “tell me some of the things you eat” and I had to stop and think, because what I ate prior to January 1 may be different than what I have been eating lately, because the journey is asking something different of me. I have been asked to set aside my old ways, my patterns, and then see what comes each day. In AA they say, “one day at a time” and this is not only where that should be honoured. Every day is important and needs to be noticed. At the end of it, lay your head and ask did I live today with integrity, kindness, awareness and spiritual wellness?
Be grateful when you awaken in the morning realizing you can have yet another day to do better, be better and care more.
We were created from “…fertile topsoil, with all its wiggling worms, decayed matter, and fungal filaments. The living soil, which has always been vital for producing fruitful plants, is the soil from which humanity is also formed. This reinforces the common creatureliness and kinship with the rest of creation and reminds the reader once again of the essential connection between humanity and the land.” (Hoklotubbe and Zacharias, Reading the Bible on Turtle Island: Page 36 referencing the Genesis story from the Hebrew Scriptures)
So beautiful and life-giving at a time when life is waning for those I love
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