I’m reading Things Seen and Unseen: A Year Lived in Faith , a memoir by Nora Gallagher, the super cool (I tried to think of more sophisticated adjective but read some of her work and you’ll know this fits) keynote speaker for this February’s WomanKind conference in Richmond. [note: the 2010 WK details will be up in November]
In the beginning of her book, Ms. Gallagher quotes the late civil rights activist Bishop Daniel Corrigan…
“You don’t actually get up one morning and decide to die for something. You put your foot on a path and walk. One day, you look back, maybe fifty years, and say, ‘That’s what I gave my life for.’“
You who are reading this, maybe you are 70, 26, 12 or almost 41 like me… What path are you on?
The most I can say for myself is that I continue to walk the path of my own healing, growth and joy so that I may give my life for the healing, growth and joy of others. Now that’s a lofty statement! Yet per the good Bishop’s instructions, I’m simply putting my foot on a path and starting to walk.
(And let’s give Bishop Corrigan another heavenly shout out for supporting the right of women to be ordained priests!)
What will you give your life for?
Tags: changing the world, giving, growth, healing, women
