I certainly believe that stillness is of immeasurable importance; meditation, contemplative prayer, silence, are all hugely important to my spirituality. But I also believe that a still core can allow for active shell.

What I mean by that is, my aim in my Christian is to increase grow still on the ‘inside’; my thoughts, emotions, worries about the future, guilt over the past, etc etc. But at the same time, there are certain activities which, on a surface level, are not still, that I find great value in!

There are little joys to be found in things like going on an insane road trip with friends, riding a roller-coaster, climbing trees, playing football, etc. I suppose my concern is that in reading quotes like this one, people will make the same mistakes I made when I first started on the contemplative journey, and avoid anything that inolves an adrenaline rush, or a bit of adventure; when I believe there is immense value, joy, and even stillness to be found within them!

Maybe this was a bit of a pointless post. It was a bit stream-of-consciousness-y, and in a round-a-bout way, I’ve ended up agreeing with the quote.

But hey, anything to make a name for myself. :-p