Friday, Sept. 23, 2022
Today’s Gift from Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is:
Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old. — Franz Kafka
We ask ourselves, “What really counts when everything else is stripped away? What do we still value?” Beauty is one of those values for many of us. It might be the beauty of the outdoors, solitude in the wilderness, a symphony, a special painting, or the athletic grace of a pitcher as he hurls the baseball across home plate. Something stirs within us when we see beauty. Many would call that a spiritual experience because it seems to touch the soul of our being.
We can feel vulnerable when we have such experiences, and some of us have learned to run roughshod over those moments. We smother that part of our soul so that we don’t have to feel our manhood threatened. Now we are learning new lessons. We are growing into stronger, more open, and more spiritual men. Beauty, wherever we see it, is part of our spiritual life.
Today, I am open to the stirring in my soul when I see beauty.
Hazelden Foundation
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