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Date: 14 January 2009 20:08:11
As the person in this household who actually pays for the Woman Alive subscription, I do occasionally take the opportunity to peruse its contents. And when I do, I read the column which happens to be written by a wiblogger. Indeed, in February's issue the columnist outs herself as a wiblogger (but since the wiblogger hasn't to my knowledge outed herself as a Woman Alive columnist, I shan't include a link).
In the same column, the columnist quotes a Quaker author who advocates living from the Centre. I can see why the columnist says that she is haunted by this writing. As a Christian I have for almost as long as I can remember tried to live from the Centre. It seems to become more difficult the more secular (by necessity) one's life becomes. Especially, being in a family seems to generate all manner of conflicts - but shouldn't family responsibility bring oneself more in tune with the Father?
This year, I hope to think more carefully about what I actually find when I seek to approach the Centre. I have a better concept of how my brain works than I did this time last year. I process ideas slowly - I tend to accept unquestioningly other people's ideas, perhaps because it's the only way that I have any chance of keeping up. I can't slow down the pace of life, but I can start to acknowledge the gap between where I appear to be and where I actually am ...