The familiar and the habitual are so falsely reassuring, and most of us make our homes there permanently. The new is always, by definition unfamiliar and untested, so God, life, destiny suffering have to give us a push - usually a big one - or we will not go. Someone has to make clear to us that homes are not meant to be lived in - but only to be moved out from.
None of us go into our...maturity completely of our own accord, or by totally free choice. We are led by Mystery, which religious people rightly call grace. Most of us have to be cajoled or seduced into it, or we fall into it by some kind of "transgression," believe it or not.... Most get little reassurance from others, or even have full confidence that they are totally right. Setting out is always a leap of faith, a risk in the deepest sense of the term, and yet ... an adventure too.
Fr. Richard Rohr
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