Lent Day 16:

(photo by Olivia Finston-Fox)

This I know
That the only way to live
             Is like the rose
which lives
             without a why.

From Meditations with Meister Eckhart by Matthew Fox


A suggestion for your prayer and meditation:

I don't know if it is actually possible to live without a why but if I try to do so it does require that I stay completely in the present moment. No whys about the past or whys about the future.  Maybe a momentary why about the present but then the only reasonable answer is "to be" which as a follower of Christ translate "to love".

Imagine yourself as a rose in full bloom.
Take in the sun and rain
Endure the wind and cold
Be for a moment
Letting the sweet scent of love and compassion
The essence of life 
Rise.

(photo by Olivia Finston-Fox)