Saying yes to a call tends to place us on a path that half of ourselves thinks doesn t make a bit of sense, but the other half knows our lives won t make sense without. We find ourselves following the blind spiritual instinct that tells us our lives have purpose and meaning, that this calling is part of it, and that we must act on it despite the temptations to back down and run for cover that will divide even the most grimly resolute against themselves. The voices of head and heart. One part of you wants to awaken, one part wants to sleep. One part wants to follow the call, the other wants to run like hell.
Courage is joined at the hip with anxiety.
To hold two competing forces inside us at the same time and still retain the ability to function. To allow our souls to become boxing rings and still hang onto our marbles. Then suddenly at Mach 1 he breaks through and experiences a glorious silence, and a perfectly smooth ride. There is something of a Mach 1 experience in any attempt at a breakthrough. But it takes a resilient corpus and a resilient corporation to encourage and harness this chain-reaction, which begins as soon as someone follows a calling, as soon as someone says yes to passion and soul.