Long Time Gone…Thoughts on Falling Out of Love with Your Spiritual Path

IT HAPPENS, BUT YOU CAN FIND YOUR WAY BACK

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“Me, I heard a different song… I hit the road… and boy, I been a long time gone.” ~The Dixie Chicks, Home

Everything Sags…er, I mean … Changes

Like our aging bodies that remind us daily that gravity is indeed the ultimate arbiter of truth, one of the first lessons I learned in walking this path is that everything is in a continual state of change. Our bodies, our minds, our feeling, thoughts, and emotions are in continual flux. It’s part of our human experience. Nothing stays the same…ever.

Just ask my abs…or my youngest son who used to ask me, “Dad…what color did your hair used to be?” 🙄

One can’t escape this feeling of being in the vortex of change every now and then. It’s inevitable and it happens to us all at times. It’s like one day we’re fervent in our practice and committed to the path of awakening, and the he next we’re the complete opposite popping metaphorical sleeping pills or… ignoring that on-screen reminder we set up to urge us to meditate by 9…