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“Why are you looking at heaven?”
letting go of the past, stepping wisely into this pandemic future
When profound changes happen to us we often find ourselves mouths agape and struggling to understand what this change is. What we had is now gone. An anticipated future will be dramatically different. Our present is a sticky pause where our self is unsure what to do next. The breath moving in and out of us fluctuates between quick and shallow as if we are getting ready to run or fight … and then a long and deep signaling that this is a time to stop, … to rest, … and to wait.
As have many with whom I sit and talk, I find myself moving back and forth from sadness about what seems to have been lost in this pandemic … to worry about what this new future will be.
And then there is that space in between, where we keep “looking to heaven” where something or someone was, some quick answer, … but now it is gone.
This past Sunday held readings about a seemingly sudden departure, the Ascension of Jesus. If one follows the liturgical calendar, you have…
