Journey to the Centre

Be still, wait, and do not rush things. Let life happen by itself.
Trust in the spirituality and wisdom that is around you.
With certainty, we wait for the coming together of two stories.

Sometimes waiting can be unbearable;
Be patient, listen for the whisper that will herald the arrival of eternity.

The people of the land honour the Creator by honouring creation.
There is a sacredness about all living things.
All have the right to be here and breathe.
Make the relationship between one place and another,
then with each other.
Leave a part of yourself in the land for another to find.
Look back in sorrow and remember what was,
Then travel on, to what will be.

Spirituality is where you make your tracks in the land,
It is the place where your story is told.
Go deep into sacred wells of knowledge
and experience the kind of truth
that has the power to hurt and heal at the same time.
Seek the new vision that is hidden there,
Silently awaiting the anticipated visit of the hesitant explorer.
It is a place that speaks softly to you.
It is a place that whispers, 'You are mine and I am yours.'

Honour the memory of the people of this land from long ago.
Enter into the land with the courage needed
to deal with the true realities that await us there.
Re-inhabit a moment in time where the silent and deep suffering of the people from the past can still be heard in the present.

Go further into the immensity of God and listen to creation breathe.
Find an unfamiliar path, make a new commitment, change ideas and,
every now and then, change direction.
In this place, the Creator Spirit tenderly stirs our inner peace
to the friendship about to be born.
Time enough to heal. Land enough to share.
Befriend the past, acknowledge it, and then release it.
Be free to act upon creating a future that unites the two stories into one.

Delsie Lillyst
Catholic Education Office, Melbourne

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