Spirituality and You: Your Own Crystal Ball

When it comes to change, most people will choose what’s most familiar rather than embarking on a journey where the potential rewards are great but the outcome is uncertain.

You hold in your hands your very own crystal ball – because if fear keeps you from pursuing what’s unfamiliar and uncomfortable, it’s easy to predict your future. It will be exactly like your past!

If you’re comfortable where you are and don’t feel the need for challenges, why consider a different path? After all, you’re not hurting anyone, are you? The honest answer is yes. You’re hurting yourself. And you’re denying the rest of us the possibility of benefiting from your contributions. You’ve given up on life and you don’t even realize it.

Retrain your brain to let go of the past, make new discoveries, and open yourself up to fully to experience all the universe has to offer. You have extraordinary contributions to make and an incredible life to share.

~Author Unknown

Sister Valerie Sweeney, SND, is the Director of Mission and Ministry at Jennings Center for Older Adults. She offers weekly reflections in writing “Spirituality and You.”