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Everyday Spirituality
The End of the Road?
Do you know that scene in a movie when the hero suddenly finds themselves at a dead end or impasse?
The road they were following has abruptly ended and there doesn’t appear to be a way out. They were so sure they were on the right path. What happened?
Recently, I’ve been feeling that I’ve approached a dead end. It surprises me because I’ve been so sure I was on the right road. And now I’m in this spot and I’m not so sure. Nothing seems to make sense. I look around and I see and hear thousands of voices calling and gesturing: “Come this way” and “No, go that way” and “Over here, this is the true way”. Everyone wants you to follow them. Everyone has the “secret’ to the Way!
But I was so sure I knew my way.
I hoped that like the hero in the movie, there was some hidden trigger, something that would reveal a secret passage. Did I really come all this way for nothing? I look around. I listen, I read, I practice but nothing reveals itself as the key to unlocking the way forward. I’m stuck.
Until today.
Today, I came by chance upon a poem by one of my favourite poets — Wendell Berry.
