After my friend from the bb told me a few weeks ago that my path only gets brighter, more steady and straighter that stayed in my mind and reminded me of a book I read years ago, that the obvious path after climbing so far up kept petering out and eventually one was found in a totally different direction.
So posting some things that I have been just reading for thoughts on me and my path lately. Plus a couple of things from several threads ago that had stayed with me but were starting to become fuzzy in my memory.
Dark Horse by John Fischer
Author and musician John Fischer's haunting tale shows what can happen when you dare to break out of complacency, discover the challenge of taking difficult risks, and find freedom of spirit like you've never known before.
This brief allegory traces the journey of a show horse that decides to leave its comfortable, conformist existence in favor of freedom on the wild plains. Where once he had striven to deceive others into believing that he was all white the coat color most prized by horse lovers the stallion comes to recognize his own natural beauty.
In this multi-layered story, white horses are pampered, celebrated, and trained to pose in ways that hide any of their darker markings. The herd is consumed with appearances and addicted to a comfortable lifestyle of food, shelter, and praise.
When one white horse bravely risks all he's ever known to follow a dark horse who promises adventure, he begins a journey that will lead to unparalleled freedom. The journey, however, will not be easy.
Dark Horse explores what it means to live in authentic faith and break out of complacency. It calls readers to ponder the meaning of leadership and the importance of discarding the masks we wear to hide our imperfections.
Racing into the darkness, we had only the stars for light . . . driving us across plains we had never run, towards mountains we had never seen.
Pam
"We must be willing to let go of the life we had planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us"
