Echoes of the Chaff

The Good with the Bad.

Contradictions abound.

Harmonizing the various authorities of tradition takes time.

Hastily destroying what is bad. (pf)

Ignoring the shoots of goodness.

Bundled together and then swept aside.

Confusion and distraction the harvest of the bad seed.

The blades are sharp and cut upwards. Left behind—a messed up mess of sparring of good and evil. The good and bad, grow together.

An examination of our conscience is the only way out.(pf)

To a life of freedom with the ability to share un inhibited.

How?

Recognize the ways.

The ways in which good and evil interact, influence and ignite ignorance.

Tend to the cultivation of goodness in the field of the heart.Hang on to the shoots of goodness. Pray daily for the strength to not feel the need to hastily destroy what is bad.(pf)

Haste makes waste.

The problem? The heart can be a vulnerable place, a vulnerable space.

Be kind. Stay firm. Intervene directly into the conscience. Notice what is happening in the field of the heart. Examine if it feels good in there, in your heart. If it does feel free, there is freedom—freedom and goodness to be shared with the wider world😃.

If not, it simply means there is more work to do. More hard work. More cultivation inside yourself. It’s ok to call in some friends—it is imperative to choose them wisely.

Wisdom borne of conscience is the best kind of wisdom.

Leaves very little doubt open to interpretation.

Anger and angst have a way of rearing their ugly heads like that of the bad seed, bad wheat. “The Kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. One night, when everyone was asleep, an enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away. When the plants grew and the heads of grain began to form, then the weeds showed up.”

Ugh.

Harvest more complicated than necessary is harvest more complicated than necessary.

The man’s servants came to him and said, Sir, it was good seed you sowed in your field (The field of heart too); where did the weeds come from?” “it was some enemy who did this, he answered. “Do you want us to go and pull up the weeds?” they asked him. “No., he answered ‘because as you gather the weeds you might pull up some of the wheat along with them. Let the wheat and the weeds both grow together until harvest, and then I will tell the harvest workers: Pull up the weeds first and tie them in bundles to throw in the fire;🔥 then gather the wheat and throw it in my barn.” (Good news for modern man) the New Testament. Third edition

Kinda hoardy—would you agree?

We will simply have to agree to disagree on some of the finer points of life.

But ya gotta do what ya gotta do.

Steadiness comes from character and commitment.

Not quite breaking bread just yet.

Schooled? As in you have just been schooled?

Ask the Schoolmen. The Scholastics.

Lessons of a lifelong learner require of us to keep learning. Even some adults must continue on the path of the lessons of life well into adulthood. Back in the classroom, rote material and learning how to interact with one another.

We could all be so much smarter?

Sign me up.

How to acquire knowledge and how to communicate effectively so that it may be acquired by others. Epic sharing! Learn to be the auctor of your life story and by all means make it a good story.

A life full of heart. Tending to the field of your heart is 24/7 business.

Imagine a world where points of disagreement would not become so, well, “viral”, so quickly, before even having a chance to sip water or breath. Points of life. A complete sentence. Beautiful. Elementary even. Wonderful.

A sentence.

The beautiful sentence.

A noun.

A verb.

A subject.

A predicate.

Imagine a world where:

A complete sentence would be the norm, not the exception…once the points of disagreements are laid out, bare☺️, through a series of dialectics, reasoned argumentation, the two sides of the argument would be made whole so that they would be found to be in agreement and not contradictory.(wk)

Weeding out the good seeds from the bad seeds.

Agree to disagree?

Kinda.

But we are not there yet.

There is still too much going on on the fields of life that well,

seem very contradictory, controversial, a con of the consciences.

And with constant saturation. We all become “all wet”. Slang for not believing in one another.

That is the opposite of harmony.

And it is hard on the heart too.

Winning at all costs and we forget why we are here, in this earth in the first place. Not to take first place. The trophies are so shiney and cool, I understand.

To be the leader.

One must act like a leader.

Hiding doesn’t count.

Boldness sometimes does.

Depending upon how it is presented🤑🤢🤧🤮🌪️

It may be humanly easier to simply admit the whispers and echoes will never go away. And move along chin up into the next day.

See a neighbor. Cultivate within your heart a “not ‘cuz I have to” attitudinal adjustment and move along. Ask for the grace to see within ourselves the lack of judgment of another.

Takes time

Takes your time

Some of this stuff is learned in the classrooms of youth

Life isn’t perfect.

He is.

And he is patiently waiting.

Always has.

Always will be.

But ya gotta ask for direction.

If direction is what you are truly seeking.

Not simply one-up-manship.

That is a lonely ship to be on, alone.

Even with a lot of friends and connections and “contacts”.

Maybe all we can hope for is toleration.

That is a good start.

Opinions are something everyone has.

The harvest becomes a call:

For toleration.

For waiting your turn, not hopping the fence, no tipping the cows.

Be inquisitive.

State your case.

Open heart can lead to open mind.

The echoes and whispers of the battle not far from the mind, but the allies and the goodness is close at hand.

It is worth it to take the leap of faith. Recognize when the bad seeds may be within yourself. Seek wisdom to see what is good with out always seeing the limitations in others.

Take a lap around the field of your life with a careful and watchful heart. Chances are very good this will surely lead you to a life with a carefree heart.

(With the rising costs of grain—Whisky drinkers take note!)🥃