“Chronos is time at her worst. Chronos keeps track. Chronos is delusion of grandeur…. Kairos is intimacy with the real. Kairos is time at her best. Kairos lets go.” Sarah Ban Breathnach
By: Gabriela Yareliz
Time and growth. There has been an insistent pattern in my reading about both lately. The theme has been about “letting go.”
I had the craziest dream the other night about being stabbed in my left thigh. When you look up interpretations of this, a hurt leg often means you are not letting go of something impeding your journey. If you have ever walked with a limp, you understand this well. (Reminds me of when I broke my toe… I digress).
Recently, Tara Schuster wrote from the Tao Te Ching:
“Those who seek knowledge, collect something every day.
Those who seek the Way, let go of something every day.”
These thoughts reminded me of Jesus’ words about letting go of our burdens, handing them over and taking His yoke. Scripture tells us to let go of the past and see the new thing, anger, malice, bitterness— all that weighs us down.
The concept of letting go is pronounced. It seems to be key to our wellbeing.
Tara Schuster is currently on the Camino de Santiago. On a pilgrimage, you must go on your way, lighter than usual. If you bring thirty suitcases, you won’t make it. I suppose life is a pilgrimage of sorts. To make it to the end, even if it means with bleeding feet and exhaustion, we must let go of that which makes the journey impossible; that which weighs us down or causes us to veer off and make stops that may halt the journey all together.
I have been reflecting on this and journaling about it. What does this letting go look like for you?
GABRIELA YARELIZ 