We become what we receive, what we allow into our hearts.
-- Richard Rohr
Devastating and freeing:
Devastating in the sense that, as we age, we seem to tend towards closing things off, rather than continue to receive. That is worth thinking about — why is that?
Freeing in the sense that we are free to remain open, just as easily as closing ourselves off. It seems to me that a healthy person increasingly becomes aware of the reasons he or she maintains a disposition of humility and, therefore, has less and less to fear (and control for) because our vulnerability is already so significant anyway.
Being open allows us to receive, to be free, and to continue to become.
